Heydi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HY-dee
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Heydi is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Heydi mean?
Germanic: Spanish-style spelling of Heidi, from Adelheid
“noble kind”
Heidi is the Swiss pet form of Adelheid, made famous by Johanna Spyri's novel Heidi.
Is Heydi a girl's or a boy's name?
Heydi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Heydi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Heydi, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had fewer girls named Heydi than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Heydi in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,012 girls in the US were given Heydi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #332, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.
Heydi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,960 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,481 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,785 |
| 2006 | 40 | #3,794 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
Names like Heydi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Brooklyn, Brynlee, Heaven, Brynn, Rowan, Kinley, Braelynn, Cassidy, Reagan, Kennedy, Hayden
Other spellings of Heydi
Names related to Heydi
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, “Heydi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/heydi, updated 20 October 2026.