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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #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
rankbirthsrankbirths
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
1940#1,15040
1939#98152
1938#1,00750
1937#1,84518
1936#2,52111
1935#2,57511
1934#2,08715
1933#3,1098
1932
1931#3,2268
1930#2,84510
1929#3,3948
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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 1949

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedNHWashington: #393 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,187 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #250 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,500 girlsMNIllinois: #432 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 5,721 girlsILWisconsin: #252 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,839 girlsWIMichigan: #411 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,891 girlsMINew York: #406 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 4,893 girlsNYMassachusetts: #275 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,726 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedORNevada: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedINOhio: #391 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 5,420 girlsOHPennsylvania: #566 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 11,411 girlsPANew Jersey: #338 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,245 girlsNJConnecticut: #196 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,569 girlsCTCalifornia: #283 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 2,097 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedAZNew 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: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedHITexas: #1,062 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 18,946 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Heidi, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#196 · 1 in 1,569
  2. Minnesota#250 · 1 in 2,500
  3. Wisconsin#252 · 1 in 2,839
  4. Massachusetts#275 · 1 in 3,726
  5. California#283 · 1 in 2,097

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#196111 in 1,569
Minnesota#250131 in 2,500
Wisconsin#252131 in 2,839
Massachusetts#275121 in 3,726
California#283541 in 2,097
New Jersey#338101 in 4,245
Ohio#391161 in 5,420
Washington#39361 in 4,187
New York#406291 in 4,893
Michigan#411121 in 5,891
Illinois#432151 in 5,721
Pennsylvania#56691 in 11,411
Texas#1,06251 in 18,946
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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 1949

girls
#522
248 births · 1 in 6,899 girls

Top girls' names in 1949

  1. #1Linda91,015
  2. #2Mary66,874
  3. #3Patricia46,324
  4. #4Barbara42,600
  5. #5Susan37,709
  6. #6Sandra30,643
  7. #7Nancy29,249
  8. #8Carol26,780
  9. #9Kathleen26,357
  10. #10Sharon25,713
  11. #522Heidi248
More about 1949

girls

1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 6,899 of them was named Heidi, which outranked 91.4% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Heidi
  1. #518Heather249
  2. #518Ingrid249
  3. #518Lesley249
  4. #522Heidi248
  5. #523Lizzie247
  6. #524Estelle246
  7. #525Cheryle245
Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. 937Sharman#1,708#771
  2. 665Roseanna#1,422#757
  3. 483Shauna#1,173#690
  4. 293Jacalyn#1,116#823
  5. 267Sanjuana#1,185#918
Fallers
  1. 339Sandie#939#1,278
  2. 296Syble#955#1,251
  3. 272Shirleen#964#1,236
  4. 266Ginny#734#1,000
  5. 260Dina#861#1,121

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

See the top 100 for 1949