Heidi
Girl · HY-dee · Germanic
Heidi is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. In 2025 it ranked 118th for girls in the UK (458 babies) and 340th for girls in the US (894 babies).
What does Heidi mean?
Germanic: Swiss German pet form of Adelheid (Adelaide)
“noble kind”
Made famous by Johanna Spyri's 1880 novel Heidi, about a girl living with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps.
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Is Heidi a girl's or a boy's name?
Heidi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 458 girls in the UK and 894 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Heidi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #118among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 458about 1 in 610 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.3%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 458 girls in the UK were named Heidi, making it the 118th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 92nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 839 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Heidi than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Heidi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 130th in England and Wales, 91st in Scotland and 57th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1974 (#86) and 2014 (#84).
Heidi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 458 | #118 |
| 2024 | 519 | #104 |
| 2023 | 524 | #106 |
| 2022 | 557 | #101 |
| 2021 | 708 | #83 |
| 2020 | 615 | #92 |
| 2019 | 657 | #90 |
| 2018 | 696 | #85 |
| 2017 | 713 | #82 |
| 2016 | 839 | #75 |
| 2015 | 773 | #84 |
| 2014 | 731 | #85 |
| 2013 | 628 | #98 |
| 2012 | 748 | #86 |
| 2011 | 728 | #93 |
| 2010 | 710 | #94 |
| 2009 | 674 | #96 |
| 2008 | 611 | #104 |
| 2007 | 469 | #135 |
| 2006 | 316 | #186 |
| 2005 | 242 | #221 |
| 2004 | 266 | #201 |
| 2003 | 234 | #218 |
| 2002 | 175 | #261 |
| 2001 | 142 | #297 |
| 2000 | 171 | #263 |
| 1999 | 131 | #297 |
| 1998 | 173 | #263 |
| 1997 | 199 | #231 |
| 1996 | 199 | #226 |
How popular is Heidi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #340among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 894about 1 in 1,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 894 girls in the US were named Heidi, making it the 340th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 381st. Its busiest year was 1972, with 4,723 girls. It first appears in the records in 1929.
Half of all the girls named Heidi in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,012 girls in the US were given Heidi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #332, up from #340 for this spelling alone.
Heidi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 894 | #340 |
| 2024 | 906 | #345 |
| 2023 | 868 | #352 |
| 2022 | 858 | #370 |
| 2021 | 795 | #396 |
| 2020 | 810 | #381 |
| 2019 | 845 | #373 |
| 2018 | 901 | #354 |
| 2017 | 855 | #364 |
| 2016 | 889 | #366 |
| 2015 | 955 | #343 |
| 2014 | 957 | #346 |
| 2013 | 903 | #354 |
| 2012 | 931 | #338 |
| 2011 | 954 | #331 |
| 2010 | 1,069 | #303 |
| 2009 | 1,117 | #295 |
| 2008 | 1,168 | #289 |
| 2007 | 1,122 | #303 |
| 2006 | 1,124 | #294 |
| 2005 | 994 | #324 |
| 2004 | 934 | #343 |
| 2003 | 978 | #315 |
| 2002 | 954 | #322 |
| 2001 | 831 | #356 |
| 2000 | 880 | #351 |
| 1999 | 915 | #331 |
| 1998 | 848 | #343 |
| 1997 | 885 | #325 |
| 1996 | 994 | #291 |
| 1995 | 961 | #289 |
| 1994 | 1,016 | #275 |
| 1993 | 1,143 | #244 |
| 1992 | 1,242 | #225 |
| 1991 | 1,328 | #218 |
| 1990 | 1,466 | #200 |
| 1989 | 1,540 | #181 |
| 1988 | 1,746 | #162 |
| 1987 | 1,914 | #144 |
| 1986 | 2,123 | #131 |
| 1985 | 2,321 | #125 |
| 1984 | 2,671 | #101 |
| 1983 | 2,915 | #94 |
| 1982 | 3,392 | #86 |
| 1981 | 3,738 | #84 |
| 1980 | 4,027 | #79 |
| 1979 | 3,670 | #83 |
| 1978 | 3,567 | #83 |
| 1977 | 3,640 | #81 |
| 1976 | 3,890 | #70 |
| 1975 | 4,294 | #66 |
| 1974 | 4,683 | #60 |
| 1973 | 4,396 | #65 |
| 1972 | 4,723 | #64 |
| 1971 | 4,714 | #77 |
| 1970 | 4,642 | #81 |
| 1969 | 4,532 | #80 |
| 1968 | 3,913 | #89 |
| 1967 | 3,865 | #88 |
| 1966 | 3,966 | #87 |
| 1965 | 3,559 | #105 |
| 1964 | 3,452 | #124 |
| 1963 | 2,940 | #140 |
| 1962 | 2,662 | #156 |
| 1961 | 2,521 | #166 |
| 1960 | 2,341 | #170 |
| 1959 | 1,912 | #187 |
| 1958 | 1,946 | #187 |
| 1957 | 1,453 | #218 |
| 1956 | 1,352 | #223 |
| 1955 | 1,030 | #260 |
| 1954 | 867 | #288 |
| 1953 | 681 | #314 |
| 1952 | 411 | #421 |
| 1951 | 319 | #466 |
| 1950 | 247 | #519 |
| 1949 | 248 | #521 |
| 1948 | 237 | #537 |
| 1947 | 203 | #599 |
| 1946 | 154 | #635 |
| 1945 | 83 | #824 |
| 1944 | 100 | #762 |
| 1943 | 92 | #801 |
| 1942 | 70 | #936 |
| 1941 | 43 | #1,133 |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,150 |
| 1939 | 52 | #981 |
| 1938 | 50 | #1,007 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,845 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,520 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,086 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
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