Hedi — girls' name
108 babies named Hedi in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Hedi was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Hedi in 1968 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hedi
The Social Security Administration has registered 108 babies named Hedi between 1954 and 1986, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hedi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hedi performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Hedi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hedi in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 108 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Hedi at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hedi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1954
- Peak year (1968)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
108 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 11 births in a single year.
Hedi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 57 births that decade — 53% of Hedi's all-time total
Hedi decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Hedi's strongest decade
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1954–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.