Hedy
Hedy is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. Its best rank was 697th, in 1941.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1942109 births
- Best rank
- #697in 1941
- Since 1915
- 2,309people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,309 girls have been named Hedy in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1942, with 109 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1940s alone account for 34%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Hedy | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 38 | |
| 1920s | 180 | |
| 1930s | 211 | |
| 1940s | 796 | |
| 1950s | 454 | |
| 1960s | 239 | |
| 1970s | 99 | |
| 1980s | 59 | |
| 1990s | 37 | |
| 2000s | 65 | |
| 2010s | 90 | |
| 2020s | 41 |
In 1942, its biggest year
Hedy was the 712th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1942 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Linda and Carol. See all of 1942.
Names that rose and fell with Hedy
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Carolynpeak 1947
- Georgiannpeak 1948
- Ruthannpeak 1943
- Judithpeak 1943
- Georgiannepeak 1943
- Georgeannpeak 1947
- Maryannpeak 1943
- Carolpeak 1946
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.