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
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 4,683 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 18 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 149,326since 1929
Heidi over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #340 | 894 | — | |
| 2024 | #345 | 906 | — | |
| 2023 | #352 | 868 | — | |
| 2022 | #370 | 858 | — | |
| 2021 | #396 | 795 | — | |
| 2020 | #381 | 810 | — | |
| 2019 | #373 | 845 | — | |
| 2018 | #354 | 901 | — | |
| 2017 | #364 | 855 | — | |
| 2016 | #366 | 889 | — | |
| 2015 | #343 | 955 | — | |
| 2014 | #346 | 957 | — | |
| 2013 | #354 | 903 | — | |
| 2012 | #338 | 931 | — | |
| 2011 | #331 | 954 | — | |
| 2010 | #303 | 1,069 | — | |
| 2009 | #295 | 1,117 | — | |
| 2008 | #289 | 1,168 | — | |
| 2007 | #303 | 1,122 | — | |
| 2006 | #294 | 1,124 | — | |
| 2005 | #324 | 994 | — | |
| 2004 | #343 | 934 | — | |
| 2003 | #315 | 978 | — | |
| 2002 | #322 | 954 | — | |
| 2001 | #356 | 831 | — | |
| 2000 | #351 | 880 | — | |
| 1999 | #331 | 915 | — | |
| 1998 | #343 | 848 | — | |
| 1997 | #325 | 885 | — | |
| 1996 | #291 | 994 | — | |
| 1995 | #289 | 961 | — | |
| 1994 | #275 | 1,016 | — | |
| 1993 | #244 | 1,143 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #225 | 1,242 | — | |
| 1991 | #218 | 1,328 | — | |
| 1990 | #200 | 1,466 | — | |
| 1989 | #181 | 1,540 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #162 | 1,746 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #144 | 1,914 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #131 | 2,123 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #125 | 2,321 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #101 | 2,671 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #94 | 2,915 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #86 | 3,392 | #2,518 | 19 |
| 1981 | #84 | 3,738 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #79 | 4,027 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #83 | 3,670 | #2,236 | 22 |
| 1978 | #83 | 3,567 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | #81 | 3,640 | #2,458 | 18 |
| 1976 | #70 | 3,890 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | #66 | 4,294 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #60 | 4,683 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #65 | 4,396 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #64 | 4,723 | #2,158 | 18 |
| 1971 | #77 | 4,714 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #81 | 4,642 | #2,293 | 16 |
| 1969 | #80 | 4,532 | #2,130 | 16 |
| 1968 | #89 | 3,913 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #88 | 3,865 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #87 | 3,966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #105 | 3,559 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #124 | 3,452 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #140 | 2,940 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #156 | 2,662 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #166 | 2,521 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #170 | 2,341 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #187 | 1,912 | — | |
| 1958 | #187 | 1,946 | — | |
| 1957 | #218 | 1,453 | — | |
| 1956 | #223 | 1,352 | — | |
| 1955 | #260 | 1,030 | — | |
| 1954 | #288 | 867 | — | |
| 1953 | #314 | 681 | — | |
| 1952 | #422 | 411 | — | |
| 1951 | #467 | 319 | — | |
| 1950 | #520 | 247 | — | |
| 1949 | #522 | 248 | — | |
| 1948 | #538 | 237 | — | |
| 1947 | #599 | 203 | — | |
| 1946 | #635 | 154 | — | |
| 1945 | #824 | 83 | — | |
| 1944 | #762 | 100 | — | |
| 1943 | #801 | 92 | — | |
| 1942 | #936 | 70 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,133 | 43 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,150 | 40 | — | |
| 1939 | #981 | 52 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,007 | 50 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,845 | 18 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | — | |
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| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | — | |
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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 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#20 · 1 in 94
- Utah#23 · 1 in 109
- Maine#24 · 1 in 107
- Idaho#24 · 1 in 113
- South Dakota#25 · 1 in 107
Best ever in a state: #11 in Utah, 1970.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #20 | 49 | 1 in 94 |
| Utah | #23 | 148 | 1 in 109 |
| Idaho | #24 | 61 | 1 in 113 |
| Maine | #24 | 57 | 1 in 107 |
| South Dakota | #25 | 44 | 1 in 107 |
| Minnesota | #26 | 241 | 1 in 115 |
| Montana | #28 | 36 | 1 in 130 |
| Vermont | #31 | 20 | 1 in 123 |
| Wisconsin | #31 | 208 | 1 in 147 |
| Washington | #33 | 158 | 1 in 160 |
| Oregon | #36 | 88 | 1 in 191 |
| Iowa | #40 | 121 | 1 in 163 |
| Nebraska | #41 | 55 | 1 in 187 |
| Wyoming | #41 | 18 | 1 in 159 |
| New Hampshire | #43 | 31 | 1 in 155 |
| Alaska | #45 | 15 | 1 in 179 |
| Michigan | #51 | 230 | 1 in 259 |
| Arizona | #63 | 56 | 1 in 319 |
| Rhode Island | #64 | 18 | 1 in 248 |
| Indiana | #67 | 109 | 1 in 332 |
| Colorado | #71 | 56 | 1 in 333 |
| Pennsylvania | #76 | 189 | 1 in 362 |
| Illinois | #77 | 191 | 1 in 391 |
| Kansas | #78 | 41 | 1 in 351 |
| Ohio | #82 | 177 | 1 in 407 |
| Connecticut | #83 | 42 | 1 in 350 |
| Nevada | #83 | 12 | 1 in 310 |
| Louisiana | #84 | 74 | 1 in 395 |
| Massachusetts | #90 | 80 | 1 in 383 |
| California | #99 | 333 | 1 in 490 |
| Florida | #104 | 92 | 1 in 509 |
| Missouri | #118 | 55 | 1 in 587 |
| West Virginia | #122 | 21 | 1 in 580 |
| New York | #136 | 145 | 1 in 682 |
| Delaware | #141 | 5 | 1 in 552 |
| Oklahoma | #146 | 27 | 1 in 686 |
| Arkansas | #163 | 17 | 1 in 762 |
| Georgia | #170 | 40 | 1 in 840 |
| Hawaii | #174 | 8 | 1 in 595 |
| North Carolina | #175 | 40 | 1 in 821 |
| South Carolina | #196 | 20 | 1 in 862 |
| New Jersey | #211 | 32 | 1 in 1,162 |
| Virginia | #218 | 25 | 1 in 1,167 |
| Maryland | #219 | 16 | 1 in 1,217 |
| Texas | #223 | 100 | 1 in 1,111 |
| Mississippi | #230 | 15 | 1 in 1,039 |
| New Mexico | #235 | 9 | 1 in 963 |
| Kentucky | #255 | 16 | 1 in 1,531 |
| Alabama | #329 | 12 | 1 in 1,910 |
| Tennessee | #333 | 13 | 1 in 2,191 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1929
- Peaked 1974 at #60 (4,683 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 18 yrs · run 1966–1983
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1942–2025
- Highest: 1 in 313 girls born in 1974 were named Heidi (0.32%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,798 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
- 28.3% of all girls named Heidi (42,219) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 8 | #3,394 (1929) | #3,394 |
| 1930s | 183 | #981 (1939) | #2,244 |
| 1940s | 1,270 | #522 (1949) | #790 |
| 1950s | 10,218 | #187 (1958) | #309 |
| 1960s | 33,751 | #80 (1969) | #121 |
| 1970s | 42,219 | #60 (1974) | #73 |
| 1980s | 26,387 | #79 (1980) | #119 |
| 1990s | 10,798 | #200 (1990) | #274 |
| 2000s | 10,102 | #289 (2008) | #319 |
| 2010s | 9,259 | #303 (2010) | #347 |
| 2020s | 5,131 | #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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 437 of them was named Heidi, which outranked 99.3% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 78,252 of them was named Heidi, which outranked 68.4% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,157Valerie23
- #2,157Vinh23
- #2,157Willaim23
- #2,236Heidi22
- #2,236Alexandre22
- #2,236Alma22
- #2,236Antoinne22
- #2,310Adams21
- #2,310Adriano21
- #2,310Aidan21
Tied with 73 names at #2,236; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.