Heiress
Heiress was the 3419th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 45 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 2022nd with 95 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 4,343 places. More babies were named Heiress in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,419 girls, down 1,216 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 45girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201995 babies
- Total since 1880
- 759babies recorded
Heiress popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #3,419 | 45 |
| 2020 | #2,203 | 82 |
| 2010 | #5,855 | 23 |
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How popular is Heiress, counting every spelling?
Heiress has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Heiress?
45 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Heiress (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Heiress born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 186 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Heiress.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Heiress?
About 800 people born in the US named Heiress are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 5 and 11. That makes Heiress a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Heiress by state
How common Heiress was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Heiress: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Heiress, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Heiress
How popular is the name Heiress?
Heiress was the 3419th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 45 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 2022nd with 95 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 4,343 places. More babies were named Heiress in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Heiress a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Heiress in the US.
Where is Heiress most popular?
In 2021–2025, Heiress was most common in Georgia (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and Texas.