How popular is the name Heidi?

Heidi ranks 280th among girls' names in US records, with 149,218 births since 1929. Over the past decade it accounts for 8,682.

Is Heidi a unisex name?

No. Heidi is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1972, when 4,741 children were given the name. It has been in use for 96 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#280 of girl names

Pronounced HH AY1 D IY0 (ARPABET)

Heidi is a girls' name, and first appears in 1929. It has been given to 149,218 children — the 280th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1972, when 4,741 children were given it.

1972Girls: 4,741Boys: 18

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Heidi?: Heidi ranks 280th among girls' names in US records, with 149,218 births since 1929. Over the past decade it accounts for 8,682.
Is Heidi a unisex name?: No. Heidi is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Heidi most popular?: 1972, when 4,741 children were given the name. It has been in use for 96 years and is still recorded as of 2024.