Girls' name · since 1955
Heidy
Heidy has 6,085 recorded births since 1955 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,272 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,918 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,085
- born since 1955
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Heidy is the #1918 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 6,085 recorded since 1955.
Heidy has 6,085 recorded births among girls since 1955, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1918 as of the latest data, more common than 89% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 2025.
- #2,272 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,918 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,085 born since 1955
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Heidy ranks #2,272 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,918 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,085 born since 1955, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,272 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,918 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,085
- born since 1955
- 2000s
- peak decade
Heidy's 6,085 recorded births place it above 96.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
22 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Heidy compares
6,085 Top 12% higher than 88% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Heidy's all-time total is 16x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Heidy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,085 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 338 | 21 | 19,840 |
Heidy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Heidy's full recorded timeline at 1990, 90% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 10% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1955, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 338 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Heidy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 338
- Annual births at peak, across 71 years of records
Heidy by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (2,169 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Heidy's strongest decade.
2,169 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Heidy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 33
1950s
33 births
- 1960s 95
1960s
95 births
- 1970s 162
1970s
162 births
- 1980s 316
1980s
316 births
- 1990s
1990s
885 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,169 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,768 births
- 2020s 657
2020s
657 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 2,169 births (36% of all-time use).
How Heidy compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Heidy's total volume
Heidy by state
Where Heidy concentrates geographically, total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,778 | 29.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 776 | 12.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 497 | 8.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 216 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 166 | 2.7% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 151 | 2.5% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 144 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 134 | 2.2% |
1,778 of 6,085 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Heidy appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Heidy's data
- Heidy's decade-level peak was the 2000s (2,169 total births); usage has since declined to 657 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Heidys (1,778 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Heidy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~70 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, 1955–2025 (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 Heidy 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.