The first name Heidi

In 2025, 376 girls were named Heidi, making it the 130th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2016, with 752 births (#76).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Heidi with other names.

In 2025, 894 girls born in the United States were named Heidi, the 340th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1972, when 4,723 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Heidi Klum
  German-American model, television personality and businesswoman, born 1973
• Heidi Heitkamp
  Former United States Senator from North Dakota, born 1955
• Heidi Range
  British pop singer, born 1983
• Heidi Hautala
  Finnish politician, born 1955
• Heidi Biebl
  German alpine skier (1941–2022)
• Heidi Montag
  American television personality, born 1986
• Heidi Mohr
  German footballer (1967-2019)
• Heidi B. Hammel
  American astronomer, born 1960
• Heidi Schmid
  German fencer, born 1938
• Heidi Swedberg
  American actress and musician, born 1966
• Heidi Gardner
  American comedian, born 1983
• Heidi Fleiss
  American madam (born 1965)

What does the name Heidi mean?

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).

How popular is the name Heidi?

In 2025, 376 girls born in England and Wales were named Heidi, ranking 130th. Its peak was 2016, with 752 births.

Is Heidi a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 149,687 US babies named Heidi since 1880 were girls.

When was Heidi most popular?

1972 in the United States, when 4,723 babies were named Heidi, its highest rank at 64th.

How do you pronounce Heidi?

Heidi is /ˈhaɪdi/, 2 syllables.