How rare is the name Heidi?

137,519 people in the United States have the first name Heidi, about 1 in 2,196. It ranks #411 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HEIDI

#411

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
137,519
About
1 in 2,196
This common or more
54.8%
Who bears it

Of the 137,519 people named Heidi, 85.3% reported their origin as White, 8.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Heidi peaked in 1972, when 4,741 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19292025
Peak year
1972
Births that year
4,741
In 2025*
894 ▼81%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 149,687 babies have been given the name since 1929. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Heidi by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #147. The largest share of babies named Heidi, 44.3%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1920s#12,6708
1930s#3,271183
1940s#1,2371,270
1950s#48310,218
1960s#23133,828
1970s#14742,385
1980s#22526,500
1990s#52410,803
2000s#62610,102
2010s#7089,259
2020s#7545,131
Silent Generation 1928–450.4%
Baby boom 1946–6416.7%
Generation X 1965–8044.3%
Millennials 1981–9620.4%
Generation Z 1997–1210.5%
2013 and later7.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Heidi is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Heidi has been most common in Utah (3.3×), New Hampshire (2.7×), and Idaho (2.7×), and least common in Mississippi (0.24×).

147,410 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Heidi

#409 Francis · 138,493#410 Erik · 137,631#412 Colleen · 137,514#413 Ivan · 137,218

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Heidi, most common first.

#2,802 Heidy · 8,261#6,301 Heide · 2,559#8,610 Heydi · 1,679#17,250 Hedi · 643#21,719 Heidie · 465#49,815 Heida · 123

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