Heidi

#340 for girls in 2025, 894 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1974 · 4,683 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
18 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
149,326
since 1929

Heidi over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #60, 1974girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#340894—
2024#345906—
2023#352868—
2022#370858—
2021#396795—
2020#381810—
2019#373845—
2018#354901—
2017#364855—
2016#366889—
2015#343955—
2014#346957—
2013#354903—
2012#338931—
2011#331954—
2010#3031,069—
2009#2951,117—
2008#2891,168—
2007#3031,122—
2006#2941,124—
2005#324994—
2004#343934—
2003#315978—
2002#322954—
2001#356831—
2000#351880—
1999#331915—
1998#343848—
1997#325885—
1996#291994—
1995#289961—
1994#2751,016—
1993#2441,143#8,7005
1992#2251,242—
1991#2181,328—
1990#2001,466—
1989#1811,540#4,81110
1988#1621,746#4,16211
1987#1441,914#4,5739
1986#1312,123#5,9266
1985#1252,321#4,6988
1984#1012,671#4,2159
1983#942,915#3,41112
1982#863,392#2,51819
1981#843,738#4,5098
1980#794,027#2,36721
1979#833,670#2,23622
1978#833,567#2,37519
1977#813,640#2,45818
1976#703,890#2,50817
1975#664,294#2,75114
1974#604,683#2,54915
1973#654,396#2,85712
1972#644,723#2,15818
1971#774,714#2,46415
1970#814,642#2,29316
1969#804,532#2,13016
1968#893,913#3,3657
1967#883,865#2,35212
1966#873,966#2,9868
1965#1053,559#3,9305
1964#1243,452#3,2827
1963#1402,940#3,3187
1962#1562,662#4,0335
1961#1662,521#4,0655
1960#1702,341#4,0385
1959#1871,912—
1958#1871,946—
1957#2181,453—
1956#2231,352—
1955#2601,030—
1954#288867—
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1951#467319—
1950#520247—
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1948#538237—
1947#599203—
1946#635154—
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1944#762100—
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1941#1,13343—
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1939#98152—
1938#1,00750—
1937#1,84518—
1936#2,52111—
1935#2,57511—
1934#2,08715—
1933#3,1098—
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First appearance
1929

The first year at least five girls were named Heidi! It came in at #3,394, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1932, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Heidi is popular in 1951

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedNHWashington: #248 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,843 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #219 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,983 girlsMNIllinois: #508 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 7,656 girlsILWisconsin: #195 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,787 girlsWIMichigan: #347 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,924 girlsMINew York: #413 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 4,679 girlsNYMassachusetts: #248 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,897 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedRIOregon: #354 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,151 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedSDIowa: #380 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,907 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedINOhio: #393 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,373 girlsOHPennsylvania: #475 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 7,749 girlsPANew Jersey: #426 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,621 girlsNJConnecticut: #218 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,842 girlsCTCalifornia: #272 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 1,982 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedUTColorado: #362 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,120 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedWVVirginia: #524 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,498 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #274 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,117 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedHITexas: #997 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,995 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wisconsin#195 · 1 in 1,787
  2. Connecticut#218 · 1 in 1,842
  3. Minnesota#219 · 1 in 1,983
  4. Washington#248 · 1 in 1,843
  5. Massachusetts#248 · 1 in 2,897

Best ever in a state: #11 in Utah, 1970.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#195221 in 1,787
Connecticut#218101 in 1,842
Minnesota#219181 in 1,983
Massachusetts#248161 in 2,897
Washington#248141 in 1,843
California#272611 in 1,982
District of Columbia#27461 in 2,117
Michigan#347201 in 3,924
Oregon#35451 in 3,151
Colorado#36251 in 3,120
Iowa#38061 in 4,907
Ohio#393171 in 5,373
New York#413321 in 4,679
New Jersey#42671 in 6,621
Pennsylvania#475141 in 7,749
Illinois#508121 in 7,656
Virginia#52451 in 7,498
Texas#99761 in 16,995
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Heidi
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#345 → #340)
  • 41 spots since 2020 (#381 → #340)
  • 3 spots since 2015 (#343 → #340)
  • Biggest jump: 197 spots in 1942 (#1,133 → #936)
  • Biggest drop: 169 spots in 1940 (#981 → #1,150)
Rise & fade · girls
45 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1929
  • Peaked 1974 at #60 (4,683 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 18 yrs · run 1966–1983
  • Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1942–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 313
  • Highest: 1 in 313 girls born in 1974 were named Heidi (0.32%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,798 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 28.3% of all girls named Heidi (42,219) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s8#3,394 (1929)#3,394
1930s183#981 (1939)#2,244
1940s1,270#522 (1949)#790
1950s10,218#187 (1958)#309
1960s33,751#80 (1969)#121
1970s42,219#60 (1974)#73
1980s26,387#79 (1980)#119
1990s10,798#200 (1990)#274
2000s10,102#289 (2008)#319
2010s9,259#303 (2010)#347
2020s5,131#340 (2025)#364

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Heidi in 1951

girls
#467
319 births · 1 in 5,645 girls

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #467Heidi319
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 5,645 of them was named Heidi, which outranked 92.5% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Heidi
  1. #463Maryanne326
  2. #465Pat325
  3. #466Katharine321
  4. #467Heidi319
  5. #468Jerri316
  6. #469Jerry315
  7. #469Lorene315
Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. ↑ 345Rhona#1,333 → #988
  2. ↑ 307Bobbi#1,153 → #846
  3. ↑ 296Ricki#1,090 → #794
  4. ↑ 295Mindy#771 → #476
  5. ↑ 288Sharleen#1,053 → #765
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Sharman#668 → #1,063
  2. ↓ 343Manuela#773 → #1,116
  3. ↓ 294Allie#945 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 253Merrie#937 → #1,190
  5. ↓ 252Olive#891 → #1,143

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1951 →