Hedy
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1941 · 102 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,316since 1915
Hedy over time
Rank among girls' names. Hedy has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 |
| 1966 | #2,453 | 24 |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 |
| 1964 | #2,151 | 31 |
| 1963 | #2,306 | 27 |
| 1962 | #2,312 | 27 |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 |
| 1960 | #1,925 | 35 |
| 1959 | #1,918 | 34 |
| 1958 | #2,025 | 30 |
| 1957 | #1,957 | 31 |
| 1956 | #2,005 | 29 |
| 1955 | #1,498 | 46 |
| 1954 | #1,377 | 53 |
| 1953 | #1,276 | 58 |
| 1952 | #1,195 | 63 |
| 1951 | #1,277 | 53 |
| 1950 | #1,224 | 57 |
| 1949 | #1,121 | 65 |
| 1948 | #1,012 | 75 |
| 1947 | #898 | 97 |
| 1946 | #897 | 86 |
| 1945 | #1,048 | 55 |
| 1944 | #1,104 | 50 |
| 1943 | #838 | 86 |
| 1942 | #711 | 109 |
| 1941 | #693 | 102 |
| 1940 | #849 | 71 |
| 1939 | #925 | 58 |
| 1938 | #1,650 | 22 |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 |
| 1934 | #1,556 | 23 |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1930 | #1,815 | 20 |
| 1929 | #1,642 | 23 |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 |
| 1924 | #1,926 | 21 |
| 1923 | #1,944 | 20 |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Hedy! It came in at #3,434, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1982, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Hedy is popular in 1946
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#408 · 1 in 5,522
- Missouri#503 · 1 in 7,336
- Pennsylvania#635 · 1 in 14,178
- California#831 · 1 in 14,184
Best ever in a state: #346 in New York, 1939.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #408 | 24 | 1 in 5,522 |
| Missouri | #503 | 5 | 1 in 7,336 |
| Pennsylvania | #635 | 7 | 1 in 14,178 |
| California | #831 | 7 | 1 in 14,184 |
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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 Hedy
- 810 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #11,932)
- 210 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #11,932)
- 1,066 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 725 spots in 1939 (#1,650 → #925)
- Biggest drop: 266 spots in 1944 (#838 → #1,104)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1941 at #693 (102 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1939–1943
- Highest: 1 in 11,844 girls born in 1941 were named Hedy (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 34.4% of all girls named Hedy (796) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 38 | #3,092 (1917) | #3,535 |
| 1920s | 180 | #1,642 (1929) | #2,125 |
| 1930s | 211 | #925 (1939) | #1,930 |
| 1940s | 796 | #693 (1941) | #917 |
| 1950s | 454 | #1,195 (1952) | #1,575 |
| 1960s | 239 | #1,925 (1960) | #2,677 |
| 1970s | 99 | #3,943 (1971) | #5,883 |
| 1980s | 59 | #7,134 (1986) | #8,248 |
| 1990s | 37 | #9,260 (1998) | #11,918 |
| 2000s | 65 | #9,482 (2002) | #11,735 |
| 2010s | 90 | #6,901 (2016) | #11,198 |
| 2020s | 48 | #9,680 (2022) | #11,199 |
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.
Hedy in 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 18,271 of them was named Hedy, which outranked 84.2% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #893Hester87
- #893Maude87
- #893Phillis87
- #897Hedy86
- #897Charline86
- #897Charolette86
- #897Estela86
- #908Allison85
- #908Carolee85
- #908Martina85
Tied with 10 names at #897; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.