Heith
Masculine · “heath”
Heith sits exactly between Heath and Keith, sharing a letter with each. It is one short syllable with a soft th at the end, quick to say and hard to spell for anyone who has only heard it.
How old is the name Heith?
Heith first appears in US birth records in 1966 — 59 years ago. The typical Heith alive today was born around 1979, making them about 46 years old. About 500 people named Heith are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Heith most popular?
Heith peaked in 1974, reaching #1582 nationally. See the whole 1974 chart.
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Where it comes from
From hǣth to Heith
The story of Heith
Heath is one of the plainest English words to become a name: the open, scrubby land where nothing was farmed. The biggest airport in Britain carries it without most travelers noticing: Heathrow was a hamlet, a row of cottages on Hounslow Heath, and it was demolished when the airfield was built over it, leaving only the name. Heith writes the vowel of Heath with the ei of Keith, and it has been given as a boy's name in both senses.
Meaningscholars disagree
heath, open land, or a spelling between Heath and Keith
Heith may be a spelling of Heath, an English word and surname for open, uncultivated land, or of Keith, a Scottish name of uncertain origin. The record does not say which families meant.
How the name formed
- hǣth
- Heath
- Heith
Related forms: Heath
Pronouncing Heith
HEETH
One syllable, rhyming with Keith and Heath.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1966
- Most boys named
- 197431 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1582reached in 1974
- Change vs 2010
- +16.7%7 in 2011, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Heith in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Heath in English — spelling variant
Heiths among us
people named Heith are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Heith sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is short and easy to say.
- It sounds familiar because both Heath and Keith are familiar.
- It is rare as a spelling.
- People will write Heath or Keith, and the spelling will need explaining.
- Some will read it as HAYTH or HEYTH.
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Frequently asked
- How many Heiths are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Heith are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Heith in 2025?
- Heith is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Heith with classmates?
- Heith will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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