Heidy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HY-dee
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #1,911 for girls
Heidy is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble + kind, type”. In 2025 it ranked 1,911th for girls in the US (101 babies).
What does Heidy mean?
Germanic: spelling of Heidi, a pet form of Adelheid
“noble + kind, type”
Heidi was made famous by Johanna Spyri's 1880 novel about an orphan girl in the Swiss Alps.
Is Heidy a girl's or a boy's name?
Heidy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 101 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Heidy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,911among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 101about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 101 girls in the US were named Heidy, making it the 1,911th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,721st. Its busiest year was 2010, with 338 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
2025 had fewer girls named Heidy than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Heidy in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,012 girls in the US were given Heidy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #332, up from #1,911 for this spelling alone.
Heidy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101 | #1,911 |
| 2024 | 111 | #1,810 |
| 2023 | 119 | #1,724 |
| 2022 | 107 | #1,885 |
| 2021 | 102 | #1,926 |
| 2020 | 117 | #1,721 |
| 2019 | 134 | #1,585 |
| 2018 | 122 | #1,692 |
| 2017 | 127 | #1,686 |
| 2016 | 125 | #1,704 |
| 2015 | 134 | #1,600 |
| 2014 | 138 | #1,569 |
| 2013 | 191 | #1,248 |
| 2012 | 217 | #1,132 |
| 2011 | 242 | #1,031 |
| 2010 | 338 | #808 |
| 2009 | 270 | #982 |
| 2008 | 285 | #950 |
| 2007 | 262 | #1,012 |
| 2006 | 220 | #1,126 |
| 2005 | 226 | #1,054 |
| 2004 | 236 | #997 |
| 2003 | 198 | #1,112 |
| 2002 | 205 | #1,048 |
| 2001 | 143 | #1,339 |
| 2000 | 124 | #1,479 |
| 1999 | 115 | #1,490 |
| 1998 | 115 | #1,479 |
| 1997 | 83 | #1,799 |
| 1996 | 105 | #1,517 |
| 1995 | 87 | #1,680 |
| 1994 | 90 | #1,658 |
| 1993 | 97 | #1,575 |
| 1992 | 72 | #1,923 |
| 1991 | 57 | #2,264 |
| 1990 | 64 | #2,063 |
| 1989 | 52 | #2,273 |
| 1988 | 43 | #2,484 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,007 |
| 1984 | 40 | #2,381 |
| 1983 | 29 | #2,909 |
| 1982 | 26 | #3,259 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,774 |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,506 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,711 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
Names like Heidy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Teagan Brooklyn Brynn Kennedy Reagan Devyn Eden Heaven Heavenly Faigy Kenley
Other spellings of Heidy
Names related to Heidy
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
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, “Heidy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/heidy, updated 20 October 2026.