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Baby name
Heather
Girl
Origin of the name
Heather comes from the name of the plant that covers the moors of Scotland and England.
Short-lived name
525,910births since 1880
1970sgeneration
No. 3rank at its peak, in 1975
Where babies named Heather are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Heather is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Heather is most common in Vermont (2.1 times), Wyoming (1.9) and New Hampshire (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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