# Heidi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/heidi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhaɪdi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 149,687 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 361 / 149,326 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 13,051, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Swiss German Heidi, a pet form of Adelheid, equivalent of English Adelaide and Alice. The name became internationally popular due to the children's book Heidi (1880).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 954 | 331 |
| 2012 | 931 | 339 |
| 2013 | 903 | 354 |
| 2014 | 957 | 346 |
| 2015 | 955 | 343 |
| 2016 | 889 | 366 |
| 2017 | 855 | 364 |
| 2018 | 901 | 354 |
| 2019 | 845 | 373 |
| 2020 | 810 | 382 |
| 2021 | 795 | 396 |
| 2022 | 858 | 370 |
| 2023 | 868 | 352 |
| 2024 | 906 | 345 |
| 2025 | 894 | 340 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 17 | 2,543 |
| 1977 | 18 | 2,496 |
| 1978 | 19 | 2,413 |
| 1979 | 22 | 2,266 |
| 1980 | 21 | 2,396 |
| 1981 | 8 | 4,690 |
| 1982 | 19 | 2,544 |
| 1983 | 12 | 3,492 |
| 1984 | 9 | 4,343 |
| 1985 | 8 | 4,861 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6,232 |
| 1987 | 9 | 4,708 |
| 1988 | 11 | 4,284 |
| 1989 | 10 | 4,959 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,255 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 652 | 91 |
| 2012 | 678 | 83 |
| 2013 | 561 | 99 |
| 2014 | 662 | 84 |
| 2015 | 683 | 80 |
| 2016 | 752 | 76 |
| 2017 | 628 | 84 |
| 2018 | 621 | 86 |
| 2019 | 577 | 93 |
| 2020 | 542 | 95 |
| 2021 | 610 | 84 |
| 2022 | 485 | 103 |
| 2023 | 445 | 107 |
| 2024 | 443 | 107 |
| 2025 | 376 | 130 |

## People named Heidi

- Heidi Klum, German-American model, television personality and businesswoman
- Heidi Heitkamp, former United States Senator from North Dakota
- Heidi Range, British pop singer
- Heidi Hautala, Finnish politician
- Heidi Biebl, German alpine skier (1941–2022)
- Heidi Montag, American television personality
- Heidi Mohr, German footballer (1967-2019)
- Heidi B. Hammel, American astronomer
- Heidi Schmid, German fencer
- Heidi Swedberg, American actress and musician
- Heidi Gardner, American comedian
- Heidi Fleiss, American madam (born 1965)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.