Girls' name · since 1919
Heddie
Heddie has 38 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1950 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #38,167 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 38
- born since 1919
- 1940s
- peak decade
Heddie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 38 recorded since 1919.
Heddie has 38 recorded births among girls since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1950.
- #38,167 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 38 born since 1919
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Heddie ranks #38,167 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 38 born since 1919, peaking in the 1940s.
- #38,167 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 38
- born since 1919
- 1940s
- peak decade
Heddie's 38 recorded births place it above 46.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Heddie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Heddie's SSA record in two at 1944 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1921, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1950 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Heddie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1950
- Peak year (1950)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Heddie by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (19 births, 50% of the file).
1940s was Heddie's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Heddie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
19 births
- 1950s
1950s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 19 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Heddie's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (19 total births) through the 1950s (8) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Heddie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1950)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1919–1950 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Heddie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.