Girl's name
Heidi
Say it HY-dee
Germanic origin from Adelheid, nobleness
2 syllables
Where Heidi is loved, common and rare
Common across Northern Ireland, Scotland, Ireland and two more places. Rare in Austria, England and Wales, four German cities and eight more places.
1 in 214 girls born in Northern Ireland in 2025
Northern Ireland 57thIreland 91stScotland 91st
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Every place
In 19 of the 40 official lists, among them Northern Ireland (57th), Ireland (91st) and Scotland (91st).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 57th 2025 | 34 | 1 in 214 |
| Queensland state | 78th 2025 | 63 | rank only |
| Ireland | 91st 2025 | 53 | 1 in 399 |
| Scotland | 91st 2025 | 48 | 1 in 373 |
| Austria | 123rd 2025 | 51 | 1 in 700 |
| England and Wales | 130th 2025 | 376 | 1 in 674 |
| Munich city | 177th 2025 | 7 | about 1 in 599 |
| British Columbia province | 203rd 2023 | 15 | about 1 in 797 |
| Cologne city | 217th 2023 | 5 | about 1 in 1,229 |
| Ontario province | 280th 2024 | 45 | about 1 in 1,210 |
| Sweden | 315th 2025 | 23 | about 1 in 1,746 |
| Norway | 424th 2025 | 6 | 1 in 3,633 |
| Berlin city | 465th 2023 | 6 | about 1 in 2,417 |
| Quebec province | 467th 2025 | 10 | about 1 in 2,600 |
| Switzerland | 720th 2025 | 8 | 1 in 4,249 |
| Italy | 829th 2024 | 12 | 1 in 14,931 |
| France | 1480th 2025 | 30 | 1 in 9,560 |
| Rostock city | 92nd 2025 | 2 | about 1 in 492 |
| Leipzig city | 212th 2025 | 2 | about 1 in 1,312 |
Rare, below the listed names: New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Bonn, Spain, Catalonia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: NISRA (Northern Ireland); Queensland Registry of BDM (Qld Open Data Portal) (Queensland); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig). How we count, and every source
About the name
Swiss German speakers made Heidi as a pet form of Adelheid, the equivalent of English Adelaide and Alice. Through Adelheid it carries the meaning 'nobleness'. It became popular around the world through the children's book Heidi.
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Two syllables, HY-dee, give it a bright, friendly sound. Heidy and Hedi are variant spellings, and Adelheid and Adelaide are the fuller names behind it.
Heidi is used in Northern Ireland, Queensland and Scotland, and in Austria, Sweden and Norway. It is very much a name of the 1970s: in the Ontario and British Columbia records it peaked in 1975. Today it is rising in more places than it is falling.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- HY-dee, 2 syllables
- Meaning
- from Adelheid,
nobleness
- Origin
- Germanic
- Other spellings
- Adelaide
- Heiða
- Hedi
- Heiðdís
- Adelheid
- Heide
- Heidemarie
- Heid
- Heddy
- Heidy
Etymology
From Swiss German Heidi, a pet form of Adelheid, equivalent of English Adelaide and Alice. The name became internationally popular due to the children's book Heidi (1880).
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 7 of 17 regions, falling in 4.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 76 | 84 | 86 | 93 | 95 | 84 | 103 | 107 | 107 | 130 |
| Scotland | 98 | 98 | 113 | 113 | 109 | 89 | 101 | 88 | 95 | 91 |
| Northern Ireland | 61 | 62 | 72 | 57 | 63 | 48 | 73 | 66 | 65 | 57 |
| Ireland | 82 | 82 | 94 | 74 | 93 | 88 | 94 | 89 | 87 | 91 |
| Ontario | 281 | 288 | 250 | 245 | 275 | 345 | 309 | 259 | 280 | |
| British Columbia | 174 | 175 | 210 | 199 | 168 | 176 | 381 | 203 | ||
| New South Wales | 89 | 97 | ||||||||
| Victoria | 97 | 72 | 56 | 65 | 79 | 63 | 69 | 80 | 83 | |
| Queensland | 81 | 91 | 70 | 96 | 88 | 98 | 90 | 78 | ||
| South Australia | 130 | 98 | 95 | 91 | ||||||
| New Zealand | 87 | 86 | 82 | 86 | 82 | 99 | ||||
| Quebec | 198 | 294 | 223 | 435 | 271 | 458 | 351 | 457 | 508 | 467 |
| France | 2023 | 1692 | 1696 | 1668 | 2508 | 1640 | 1957 | 1879 | 1130 | 1480 |
| Austria | 173 | 188 | 137 | 142 | 154 | 161 | 148 | 98 | 108 | 123 |
| Switzerland | 646 | 595 | 1296 | 574 | 700 | 547 | 751 | 1130 | 707 | 720 |
| Berlin | 211 | 543 | 287 | 255 | 245 | 395 | 301 | 465 | ||
| Munich | 185 | 138 | 177 | |||||||
| Cologne | 316 | 599 | 918 | 449 | 659 | 435 | 217 | |||
| Bonn | 512 | 168 | 158 | 132 | 392 | 380 | 362 | |||
| Leipzig | 192 | 411 | 148 | 151 | 406 | 89 | 186 | 361 | 143 | 212 |
| Rostock | 184 | 86 | 84 | 78 | 76 | 187 | 174 | 92 | ||
| Norway | 257 | 291 | 326 | 310 | 302 | 247 | 209 | 302 | 289 | 424 |
| Sweden | 285 | 307 | 334 | 328 | 356 | 269 | 365 | 361 | 328 | 315 |
| Italy | 1025 | 839 | 829 | |||||||
| Poland | 377 | 383 | 332 | 721 | 600 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 130 | 376 | 148.5 |
| 2024 | 107 | 443 | 171.7 |
| 2023 | 107 | 445 | 173.4 |
| 2022 | 103 | 485 | 184.1 |
| 2021 | 84 | 610 | 222.6 |
| 2020 | 95 | 542 | 201.9 |
| 2019 | 93 | 577 | 206.0 |
| 2018 | 86 | 621 | 215.4 |
| 2017 | 84 | 628 | 210.0 |
| 2016 | 76 | 752 | 244.8 |
| 2015 | 80 | 683 | 221.8 |
| 2014 | 84 | 662 | 215.9 |
| 2013 | 99 | 561 | 181.9 |
| 2012 | 83 | 678 | 210.5 |
| 2011 | 91 | 652 | 202.9 |
| 2010 | 93 | 633 | 197.2 |
| 2009 | 97 | 608 | 194.0 |
| 2008 | 103 | 550 | 174.2 |
| 2007 | 131 | 423 | 138.2 |
| 2006 | 182 | 291 | 97.2 |
| 2005 | 214 | 224 | 77.7 |
| 2004 | 192 | 250 | 87.5 |
| 2003 | 214 | 222 | 79.7 |
| 2002 | 244 | 164 | 61.3 |
| 2001 | 286 | 132 | 49.3 |
| 2000 | 248 | 160 | 58.6 |
| 1999 | 283 | 128 | 45.4 |
| 1998 | 245 | 166 | 57.4 |
| 1997 | 219 | 192 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 218 | 193 | 65.2 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
Ontario and British Columbia since 1925
Half of the babies named Heidi in Ontario and British Columbia since 1925 were born in or after 1979. First recorded in 1954. Her peak year there: 1975, at 268.0 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Heidi per 100,000 girls born in Ontario and British Columbia, by five-year period. Her 1975 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (1917-2024), OGL-Ontario; BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (1924-2023), OGL-BC.
Sister names for Heidi
1 in 660 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Heidi.
1 in 274 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Heidi. Same first letter as Heidi.
1 in 142 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Heidi.
1 in 640 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Heidi.
1 in 752 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Heidi.
1 in 140 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Heidi.
1 in 221 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Heidi.
1 in 486 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Heidi.
1 in 660 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Heidi.
1 in 1,214 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Heidi.
Middle names for Heidi
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Heidi Grace
2-1 beats · initials HG
Changes the beat after Heidi: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Heidi Olivia
2-4 beats · initials HO · Heidi slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Heidi: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Heidi slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Heidi Sophia
2-3 beats · initials HS
Changes the beat after Heidi: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Heidi Maria
2-3 beats · initials HM
Changes the beat after Heidi: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Heidi Rose
2-1 beats · initials HR
Changes the beat after Heidi: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Heidi Emily
2-3 beats · initials HE · Heidi slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Heidi: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Heidi slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Heidi Julia
2-3 beats · initials HJ
Changes the beat after Heidi: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Heidi Miriam
2-3 beats · initials HM
Changes the beat after Heidi: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Heidi
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 221 in Scotland
94% alike: moves with Heidi across countries and decades.
1 in 118 in Ireland
94% alike: moves with Heidi across countries and decades.
1 in 99 in Scotland
93% alike: moves with Heidi across countries and decades.
1 in 557 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Heidi across countries and decades.
1 in 126 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Heidi across countries and decades.
1 in 274 in Ireland
92% alike: moves with Heidi across countries and decades.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
92% alike: moves with Heidi across countries and decades.
1 in 125 in Ireland
92% alike: moves with Heidi across countries and decades.
Famous people named Heidi
Heidi Klum, Heidi Weng, Heidi Brühl, Heidi Løke, Heidi Reichinnek, Heidi Heitkamp, Heidi Range and Heidi Hautala.
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German-American model, television personality and businesswoman born 1973
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Norwegian cross-country skier and fell runner (1991-)
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German singer and actress (1942–1991)
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Norwegian female handball player born 1982
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German politician born 1988
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Former United States Senator from North Dakota born 1955
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British pop singer born 1983
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Finnish politician born 1955
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Heidi
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Heidi?
Her best rank is No. 57 in Northern Ireland in 2025, about 1 in 214 girls. She is in the published lists of 19 of our 40 regions.
What does Heidi mean?
Heidi takes her meaning from Adelheid: "nobleness", per Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Heidi?
HY-dee, with 2 syllables.
Is Heidi getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 7 of 17 regions, falling in 4.
Which sister names go with Heidi?
The deck's top five sisters for Heidi: Alexandra, Holly, Daisy, Amy and Annabelle. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.