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Name meaning & stats

Heidi

Heidi means “noble kind” (Germanic origin). 149,496 US babies since 1940, peak 1972.

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What it means

“noble kind”

GermanicWell documented

In US birth records

Peak year: 1972

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149,496 US babies were named Heidi between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Heidi (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

The most common spelling: 95% of the family

  • Heidi 95%
  • Heidy 4%
  • Hiedi 1%
  • Heydi <1%
  • Heidie <1%
  • Heydy <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1972)