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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #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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1952#422411—
1951#467319—
1950#520247—
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1948#538237—
1947#599203—
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1944#762100—
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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 1955

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedAKMaine: #144 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 676 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #95 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 365 girlsNHWashington: #149 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 683 girlsWAIdaho: #221 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,062 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #235 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,390 girlsNDMinnesota: #117 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 535 girlsMNIllinois: #243 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 1,901 girlsILWisconsin: #113 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 563 girlsWIMichigan: #209 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 1,398 girlsMINew York: #224 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 1,408 girlsNYMassachusetts: #155 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 952 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedRIOregon: #233 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,356 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: #284 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,586 girlsIAIndiana: #434 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,359 girlsINOhio: #233 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 1,759 girlsOHPennsylvania: #287 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 2,685 girlsPANew Jersey: #231 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,788 girlsNJConnecticut: #130 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 697 girlsCTCalifornia: #173 for girls · 164 births · 1 in 891 girlsCAUtah: #115 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 465 girlsUTColorado: #198 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 994 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedNEMissouri: #431 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,836 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedWVVirginia: #441 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,118 girlsVAMaryland: #333 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,191 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedDEArizona: #274 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,336 girlsAZNew 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: #313 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,653 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: #650 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,207 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedHITexas: #725 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 8,608 girlsTXFlorida: #341 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,830 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Hampshire#95 · 1 in 365
  2. Wisconsin#113 · 1 in 563
  3. Utah#115 · 1 in 465
  4. Minnesota#117 · 1 in 535
  5. Connecticut#130 · 1 in 697

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#95141 in 365
Wisconsin#113741 in 563
Utah#115221 in 465
Minnesota#117681 in 535
Connecticut#130331 in 697
Maine#144141 in 676
Washington#149411 in 683
Massachusetts#155541 in 952
California#1731641 in 891
Colorado#198181 in 994
Michigan#209641 in 1,398
Idaho#22161 in 1,062
New York#2241161 in 1,408
New Jersey#231301 in 1,788
Ohio#233581 in 1,759
Oregon#233121 in 1,356
North Dakota#23551 in 1,390
Illinois#243531 in 1,901
Arizona#27491 in 1,336
Iowa#284111 in 2,586
Pennsylvania#287421 in 2,685
District of Columbia#31351 in 2,653
Maryland#33391 in 3,191
Florida#341141 in 2,830
Missouri#43191 in 4,836
Indiana#43491 in 5,359
Virginia#44181 in 5,118
Georgia#65051 in 9,207
Texas#725131 in 8,608
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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 1955

girls
#260
1,030 births · 1 in 1,898 girls

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #260Heidi1,030
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 1,898 of them was named Heidi, which outranked 96.1% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Heidi
  1. #257Eleanor1,043
  2. #258Francine1,042
  3. #259Beatrice1,038
  4. #260Heidi1,030
  5. #260Gale1,030
  6. #262Alicia1,029
  7. #262Faye1,029
  8. #264Miriam1,026

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 793Athena#1,505 → #712
  2. ↑ 675Desiree#984 → #309
  3. ↑ 661Roni#1,197 → #536
  4. ↑ 630Gisele#1,444 → #814
  5. ↑ 593Carmel#1,422 → #829
Fallers
  1. ↓ 514Valinda#806 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 378Elouise#969 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 287Veda#831 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 275Drema#978 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 264Brooke#965 → #1,229

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

See the top 100 for 1955 →