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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #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—
1953#314681—
1952#422411—
1951#467319—
1950#520247—
1949#522248—
1948#538237—
1947#599203—
1946#635154—
1945#82483—
1944#762100—
1943#80192—
1942#93670—
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 1964

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #87 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 280 girlsAKMaine: #37 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 134 girlsMEVermont: #59 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 190 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #36 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 114 girlsNHWashington: #43 for girls · 147 births · 1 in 163 girlsWAIdaho: #74 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 244 girlsIDMontana: #71 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 244 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #106 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 351 girlsNDMinnesota: #59 for girls · 172 births · 1 in 197 girlsMNIllinois: #113 for girls · 191 births · 1 in 514 girlsILWisconsin: #71 for girls · 162 births · 1 in 244 girlsWIMichigan: #119 for girls · 155 births · 1 in 504 girlsMINew York: #118 for girls · 308 births · 1 in 522 girlsNYMassachusetts: #65 for girls · 203 births · 1 in 247 girlsMARhode Island: #89 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 361 girlsRIOregon: #57 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 218 girlsORNevada: #111 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 362 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #147 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 568 girlsSDIowa: #124 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 473 girlsIAIndiana: #152 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 721 girlsINOhio: #114 for girls · 196 births · 1 in 480 girlsOHPennsylvania: #127 for girls · 176 births · 1 in 568 girlsPANew Jersey: #120 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 547 girlsNJConnecticut: #58 for girls · 105 births · 1 in 231 girlsCTCalifornia: #80 for girls · 491 births · 1 in 350 girlsCAUtah: #28 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 134 girlsUTColorado: #95 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 386 girlsCONebraska: #138 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 566 girlsNEMissouri: #190 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 988 girlsMOKentucky: #358 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,980 girlsKYWest Virginia: #283 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,905 girlsWVVirginia: #222 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,328 girlsVAMaryland: #174 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 884 girlsMDDelaware: #145 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 614 girlsDEArizona: #168 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 636 girlsAZNew Mexico: #320 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,511 girlsNMKansas: #158 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 687 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedARTennessee: #415 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,870 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #226 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,356 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #307 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,006 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #252 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,386 girlsDCOklahoma: #278 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,719 girlsOKLouisiana: #235 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,171 girlsLAMississippi: #378 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,523 girlsMSAlabama: #444 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,573 girlsALGeorgia: #239 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,371 girlsGAHawaii: #74 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 263 girlsHITexas: #298 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 1,629 girlsTXFlorida: #198 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 960 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#28 · 1 in 134
  2. New Hampshire#36 · 1 in 114
  3. Maine#37 · 1 in 134
  4. Washington#43 · 1 in 163
  5. Oregon#57 · 1 in 218

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#28701 in 134
New Hampshire#36471 in 114
Maine#37671 in 134
Washington#431471 in 163
Oregon#57631 in 218
Connecticut#581051 in 231
Minnesota#591721 in 197
Vermont#59171 in 190
Massachusetts#652031 in 247
Montana#71221 in 244
Wisconsin#711621 in 244
Hawaii#74221 in 263
Idaho#74211 in 244
California#804911 in 350
Alaska#8791 in 280
Rhode Island#89211 in 361
Colorado#95461 in 386
North Dakota#106161 in 351
Nevada#11191 in 362
Illinois#1131911 in 514
Ohio#1141961 in 480
New York#1183081 in 522
Michigan#1191551 in 504
New Jersey#1201041 in 547
Iowa#124511 in 473
Pennsylvania#1271761 in 568
Nebraska#138231 in 566
Delaware#14571 in 614
South Dakota#147111 in 568
Indiana#152651 in 721
Kansas#158251 in 687
Arizona#168231 in 636
Maryland#174341 in 884
Missouri#190401 in 988
Florida#198501 in 960
Virginia#222301 in 1,328
North Carolina#226341 in 1,356
Louisiana#235311 in 1,171
Georgia#239321 in 1,371
District of Columbia#25291 in 1,386
Oklahoma#278111 in 1,719
West Virginia#28381 in 1,905
Texas#298641 in 1,629
South Carolina#307121 in 2,006
New Mexico#32071 in 1,511
Kentucky#358101 in 2,980
Mississippi#37891 in 2,523
Tennessee#41591 in 3,870
Alabama#44491 in 3,573
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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 1964

girls
#124
3,452 births · 1 in 549 girls
boys
#3,282
7 births · 1 in 284,671 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #124Heidi3,452

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #3,282Heidi7
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 549 of them was named Heidi, which outranked 98.4% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Heidi
  1. #121Holly3,478
  2. #122Rita3,470
  3. #123Stacy3,462
  4. #124Heidi3,452
  5. #125Gail3,446
  6. #126Stacey3,360
  7. #127Vickie3,263
Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,987Anjanette#5,891 → #904
  2. ↑ 2,403Deneen#2,619 → #216
  3. ↑ 2,162Denine#3,066 → #904
  4. ↑ 1,303Daneen#2,211 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,137Kecia#1,754 → #617
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Leisha#993 → #1,334
  2. ↓ 320Cary#973 → #1,293
  3. ↓ 317Lisha#929 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 281Cecile#973 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 276Alexis#790 → #1,066

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

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 284,671 of them was named Heidi, which outranked 28.6% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Heidi
  1. #3,050Windsor8
  2. #3,050Yvette8
  3. #3,050Zev8
  4. #3,282Heidi7
  5. #3,282Aarron7
  6. #3,282Abimael7
  7. #3,282Adams7
  8. #3,601Able6
  9. #3,601Adriano6
  10. #3,601Alanzo6

Tied with 318 names at #3,282; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
  2. ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
  3. ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
  4. ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
  5. ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Fallers
  1. ↓ 286Farrell#886 → #1,172
  2. ↓ 283Tal#813 → #1,096
  3. ↓ 278Laura#921 → #1,199
  4. ↓ 272Pamela#947 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 270Huey#891 → #1,161

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

See the top 100 for 1964 →