Given name & surname
Heaven
“from paradise; from the sky”
Heaven is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “from paradise; from the sky.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “from paradise; from the sky.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Heaven through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 30,804
- 443 boys · 30,361 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 1,370 babies
- 2025
- 569
- #543 for girls · #6,590 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −28%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 556 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 543 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 28.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,348 in 2006. It also appeared in 13 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (60). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 20,769 as a first name in 2020; 707 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Heaven’s family of names
Heaven has a related form in Heavenly. Heaven has a related form in Heavyn. Heaven has a related form in Heavenlee.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Heavenlyvariant
- Heavynvariant
- Heavenleevariant
- Heavenleighvariant
- Heavenlivariant
- Heavennlikely variant
- Heavenleyvariant
- Hevanvariant
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People named Heaven
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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