Heidi
Heidi is ranked 345th among girls in 2024 (901 births). Its best rank was 60th, in 1974.
- Rank in 2024
- #345up 7 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 9010.06% of girls
- Peak year
- 19724,723 births
- Best rank
- #60in 1974
- Since 1929
- 148,426people given the name
The story in the numbers
148,426 girls have been named Heidi in the United States since 1929, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1972, with 4,723 births — 0.31% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 346 → 345).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1976, and the 1970s alone account for 28%. It has spent 84 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 18 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Heidi | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 8 | |
| 1930s | 183 | |
| 1940s | 1,270 | |
| 1950s | 10,219 | |
| 1960s | 33,749 | |
| 1970s | 42,221 | |
| 1980s | 26,388 | |
| 1990s | 10,798 | |
| 2000s | 10,101 | |
| 2010s | 9,258 | |
| 2020s | 4,231 |
In 1972, its biggest year
Heidi was the 64th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1972 were Jennifer, Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. See all of 1972.
Names that rose and fell with Heidi
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Darceypeak 1970
- Meloniepeak 1973
- Darciepeak 1971
- Darcipeak 1980
- Angelapeak 1971
- Bobbipeak 1971
- Danapeak 1971
- Karypeak 1972
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.