Hedy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HED-ee
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Hedy is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “battle + fight”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Hedy mean?
Germanic: short form of Hedwig
“battle + fight”
Hedy Lamarr, born Hedwig Kiesler, was a Hollywood star who co-invented a frequency-hopping radio system.
Is Hedy a girl's or a boy's name?
Hedy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hedy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Hedy, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1942, with 109 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had fewer girls named Hedy than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Hedy in the US since 1880 were born between 1941 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hedy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,916 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,084 |
| 1966 | 24 | #2,452 |
| 1965 | 18 | #2,937 |
| 1964 | 31 | #2,150 |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,305 |
| 1962 | 27 | #2,311 |
| 1961 | 29 | #2,196 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,924 |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,917 |
| 1958 | 30 | #2,024 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,956 |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,004 |
| 1955 | 46 | #1,497 |
| 1954 | 53 | #1,376 |
| 1953 | 58 | #1,275 |
| 1952 | 63 | #1,194 |
| 1951 | 53 | #1,276 |
| 1950 | 57 | #1,223 |
| 1949 | 65 | #1,120 |
| 1948 | 75 | #1,011 |
| 1947 | 97 | #897 |
| 1946 | 86 | #896 |
| 1945 | 55 | #1,048 |
| 1944 | 50 | #1,103 |
| 1943 | 86 | #838 |
| 1942 | 109 | #711 |
| 1941 | 102 | #693 |
| 1940 | 71 | #849 |
| 1939 | 58 | #925 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,650 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,556 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,606 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,363 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,814 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,641 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,093 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,168 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,377 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,925 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,944 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,730 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,731 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
Names like Hedy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nancy, Penny, Mary, Eileen, Sally, Betty, Bonnie, Charlotte, Elaine, Rosemary, Dorothy, Beverly
Names related to Hedy
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hedy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hedy, updated 20 October 2026.