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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #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—
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1944#762100—
1943#80192—
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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 1983

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #51 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 211 girlsAKMaine: #46 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 184 girlsMEVermont: #25 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 105 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #51 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 188 girlsNHWashington: #46 for girls · 131 births · 1 in 208 girlsWAIdaho: #40 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 172 girlsIDMontana: #39 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 152 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #33 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 125 girlsNDMinnesota: #42 for girls · 159 births · 1 in 176 girlsMNIllinois: #102 for girls · 144 births · 1 in 505 girlsILWisconsin: #43 for girls · 166 births · 1 in 184 girlsWIMichigan: #68 for girls · 153 births · 1 in 361 girlsMINew York: #162 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 935 girlsNYMassachusetts: #101 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 469 girlsMARhode Island: #116 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 592 girlsRIOregon: #50 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 242 girlsORNevada: #76 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 322 girlsNVWyoming: #39 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 138 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #29 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 123 girlsSDIowa: #53 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 245 girlsIAIndiana: #85 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 445 girlsINOhio: #82 for girls · 158 births · 1 in 436 girlsOHPennsylvania: #100 for girls · 129 births · 1 in 527 girlsPANew Jersey: #179 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,062 girlsNJConnecticut: #127 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 608 girlsCTCalifornia: #112 for girls · 320 births · 1 in 587 girlsCAUtah: #34 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 162 girlsUTColorado: #85 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 419 girlsCONebraska: #62 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 271 girlsNEMissouri: #142 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 760 girlsMOKentucky: #200 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,186 girlsKYWest Virginia: #123 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 595 girlsWVVirginia: #181 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 993 girlsVAMaryland: #203 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,186 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedDEArizona: #72 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 345 girlsAZNew Mexico: #195 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 859 girlsNMKansas: #103 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 471 girlsKSArkansas: #394 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,590 girlsARTennessee: #219 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,314 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #193 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,076 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #163 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 846 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #264 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,559 girlsOKLouisiana: #93 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 481 girlsLAMississippi: #425 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,540 girlsMSAlabama: #230 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,280 girlsALGeorgia: #264 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,595 girlsGAHawaii: #132 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 538 girlsHITexas: #249 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 1,425 girlsTXFlorida: #134 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 736 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Vermont#25 · 1 in 105
  2. South Dakota#29 · 1 in 123
  3. North Dakota#33 · 1 in 125
  4. Utah#34 · 1 in 162
  5. Wyoming#39 · 1 in 138

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Vermont#25261 in 105
South Dakota#29361 in 123
North Dakota#33391 in 125
Utah#34951 in 162
Montana#39311 in 152
Wyoming#39221 in 138
Idaho#40371 in 172
Minnesota#421591 in 176
Wisconsin#431661 in 184
Maine#46341 in 184
Washington#461311 in 208
Oregon#50661 in 242
Alaska#51181 in 211
New Hampshire#51281 in 188
Iowa#53751 in 245
Nebraska#62381 in 271
Michigan#681531 in 361
Arizona#72591 in 345
Nevada#76141 in 322
Ohio#821581 in 436
Colorado#85521 in 419
Indiana#85761 in 445
Louisiana#93641 in 481
Pennsylvania#1001291 in 527
Massachusetts#101701 in 469
Illinois#1021441 in 505
Kansas#103331 in 471
California#1123201 in 587
Rhode Island#11681 in 592
West Virginia#123181 in 595
Connecticut#127261 in 608
Hawaii#132101 in 538
Florida#134801 in 736
Missouri#142421 in 760
New York#1621101 in 935
South Carolina#163211 in 846
New Jersey#179361 in 1,062
Virginia#181311 in 993
North Carolina#193311 in 1,076
New Mexico#195111 in 859
Kentucky#200191 in 1,186
Maryland#203191 in 1,186
Tennessee#219211 in 1,314
Alabama#230171 in 1,280
Texas#249901 in 1,425
Georgia#264221 in 1,595
Oklahoma#264141 in 1,559
Arkansas#39451 in 2,590
Mississippi#42561 in 2,540
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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 1983

girls
#94
2,915 births · 1 in 573 girls
boys
#3,411
12 births · 1 in 149,380 boys

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #94Heidi2,915

Top boys' names in 1983

  1. #1Michael68,004
  2. #2Christopher59,324
  3. #3Matthew50,209
  4. #4David39,201
  5. #5Joshua36,687
  6. #6James36,342
  7. #7Jason35,113
  8. #8Daniel34,748
  9. #9John33,154
  10. #10Robert32,745
  11. #3,411Heidi12
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 573 of them was named Heidi, which outranked 99.2% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Heidi
  1. #91Pamela3,029
  2. #92Margaret2,944
  3. #93Nichole2,926
  4. #94Heidi2,915
  5. #94Desiree2,915
  6. #96Brooke2,862
  7. #97Renee2,846
  8. #98Jill2,787

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

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,772Ciji#7,469 → #697
  2. ↑ 6,751Kirby#7,469 → #718
  3. ↑ 2,656Dwan#3,530 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,888Mallory#2,220 → #332
  5. ↑ 987Marquita#1,099 → #112
Fallers
  1. ↓ 656Syreeta#717 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 572Jenilee#817 → #1,389
  3. ↓ 538Tenika#947 → #1,485
  4. ↓ 396Toccara#541 → #937
  5. ↓ 333Venus#950 → #1,283

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

boys

1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 149,380 of them was named Heidi, which outranked 53.6% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Heidi
  1. #3,230Zacary13
  2. #3,230Zacharie13
  3. #3,230Ziad13
  4. #3,411Heidi12
  5. #3,411Abigail12
  6. #3,411Abrahan12
  7. #3,411Adrienne12
  8. #3,630Able11
  9. #3,630Adrin11
  10. #3,630Alfonza11

Tied with 218 names at #3,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,260Remington#3,108 → #848
  2. ↑ 2,159Trumaine#3,108 → #949
  3. ↑ 1,157Akeem#1,774 → #617
  4. ↑ 738Jacoby#1,654 → #916
  5. ↑ 655Deven#1,622 → #967
Fallers
  1. ↓ 284Marcello#969 → #1,253
  2. ↓ 275Schuyler#845 → #1,120
  3. ↓ 273Jessy#917 → #1,190
  4. ↓ 258Kennith#981 → #1,239
  5. ↓ 220Jarrad#933 → #1,153

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

See the top 100 for 1983 →