Heidi Girl
How popular is Heidi?
#340 girl name in 2025
894 baby girls were named Heidi in the US in 2025, making it the 340th most popular girl name.
Heidi popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #340 for girls (▲ 5 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 894 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-6% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #343 in 2015, #381 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1972 (4,723 girls) |
| Highest rank | #60 in 1974 |
| First recorded | 1929 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Heidi counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Heidi family of names ranked #322 for girls in 2025 (#319 the year before), with 1,012 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Heidi | 894 | 88% |
| Heidy | 101 | 10% |
| Heydi | 17 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Heidi is most popular
Babies named Heidi per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arkansas: 1.6 per 1,000 (84 girls)
- Oklahoma: 1.5 per 1,000 (114 girls)
- West Virginia: 1.5 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Montana: 1.4 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- Alabama: 1.3 per 1,000 (124 girls)
Heidi by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1930s | 183 | #981 |
| 1940s | 1,270 | #521 |
| 1950s | 10,218 | #187 |
| 1960s | 33,751 | #80 |
| 1970s | 42,219 | #60 |
| 1980s | 26,387 | #79 |
| 1990s | 10,798 | #200 |
| 2000s | 10,102 | #289 |
| 2010s | 9,259 | #303 |
| 2020s | 5,131 | #340 |
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Questions
- Is Heidi a boy or girl name?
- Heidi is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Heidi were girls.
- How popular is the name Heidi?
- 894 baby girls were named Heidi in the US in 2025, making it the 340th most popular girl name.
- When was Heidi most popular?
- Heidi peaked in 1972, when 4,723 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #60 in 1974.
- How many people are named Heidi?
- 149,687 babies have been named Heidi in the US since 1880. We estimate about 140,673 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 49.
- Where is Heidi most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Heidi was most common in Arkansas, at 1.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.