Heath is an English surname turned first name that simply means "heath" or "heathland", a stretch of open, uncultivated land covered in heather. The Australian actor Heath Ledger gave the name a new face in the 2000s. In the United States Heath has hovered near the edge of the top 1000 for decades, peaking at number 674 in 2002; it slipped out briefly in 2023 and is back at number 932 in 2025.