Heidi

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: German

Meaning

Heidi is a Germanic feminine given name. It became an internationally popular first name as a direct result of the Swiss children's book, Heidi. It can sometimes be an affectionate diminutive of the name Adelheid, which means "nobility" or, more loosely, "of noble birth".

From Wikipedia

Heidi first appears in the data in 1929 and has been recorded in 95 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1972 with 4,723 babies (rank #64 that year). In 2024 it was given to 901 girls (rank #345). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Heidi

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Heidi yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

148,787
Total babies (all years)
95
Years in the data
4,723
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19298#3,514
193010#2,937
19318#3,334
19338#3,243
193415#2,124
193511#2,630
193611#2,585
193718#1,870
193850#1,012
193952#983
194040#1,160
194143#1,140
194270#939
194392#802
1944100#765
194583#825
1946154#637
1947203#599
1948237#538
1949248#522
1950247#520
1951319#467
1952411#422
1953681#314
1954867#288
19551,030#261
19561,352#223
19571,453#218
19581,946#187
19591,913#187
19602,341#170
19612,521#166
19622,663#156
19632,938#140
19643,453#124
19653,558#105
19663,967#87
19673,865#88
19683,911#89
19694,532#80
19704,641#81
19714,715#77
19724,723#64
19734,396#65
19744,683#60
19754,294#66
19763,890#70
19773,640#81
19783,567#83
19793,672#83
19804,027#79
19813,738#84
19823,392#86
19832,915#95
19842,671#101
19852,321#125
19862,123#131
19871,915#144
19881,746#162
19891,540#181
19901,466#200
19911,328#218
19921,242#225
19931,143#244
19941,016#275
1995961#289
1996994#291
1997885#326
1998848#343
1999915#331
2000880#351
2001831#356
2002954#322
2003978#315
2004934#343
2005994#324
20061,124#294
20071,122#303
20081,167#289
20091,117#295
20101,069#303
2011953#331
2012931#339
2013903#354
2014957#346
2015955#343
2016889#366
2017855#364
2018901#354
2019845#373
2020810#381
2021795#396
2022858#370
2023867#352
2024901#345