Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Hedy

#4,067 most common girls' name of all time · #6,938 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among girls
#4,067
Rank overall
#6,938 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
102 of 146
All-time
2,316
Since 2016
102
Peak year
1942 #716
Best rank
#697 1941
Girls Boys peak 109/yr
192019401960198020002020

Hedy first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7 7 #12,043
2024 8 8 #11,213
2023 8 8 #11,260
2022 10 10 #9,753
2021 8 8 #11,250
2020 7 7 #12,269
2019 14 14 #7,768
2018 11 11 #9,210
2017 12 12 #8,832
2016 17 17 #6,948
2015 9 9 #10,952
2014 10 10 #10,204
2012 7 7 #13,591
2011 5 5 #16,961
2010 5 5 #17,164
2008 6 6 #15,544
2007 9 9 #11,708
2005 9 9 #11,009
2004 7 7 #12,869
2003 9 9 #10,505
2002 10 10 #9,557
2001 9 9 #10,201
2000 6 6 #13,301
1998 9 9 #9,351
1997 5 5 #13,911
1996 6 6 #11,955
1994 5 5 #13,608
1993 6 6 #11,927
1991 6 6 #11,676
1989 8 8 #8,860
1987 7 7 #8,924
1986 9 9 #7,237
1985 6 6 #9,474
1984 8 8 #7,505
1983 6 6 #9,167
1981 8 8 #7,526
1980 7 7 #8,309
1979 9 9 #6,792
1978 8 8 #7,081
1977 6 6 #8,619
1976 7 7 #7,424
1975 9 9 #6,087
1974 10 10 #5,464
1973 9 9 #5,682
1972 14 14 #4,136
1971 15 15 #4,003
1970 12 12 #4,567
1969 21 21 #2,948
1968 10 10 #4,577
1967 17 17 #3,128
1966 24 24 #2,475
1965 18 18 #2,980
1964 31 31 #2,171
1963 27 27 #2,330
1962 27 27 #2,333
1961 29 29 #2,224
1960 35 35 #1,943
1959 34 34 #1,929
1958 30 30 #2,050
1957 31 31 #1,970
1956 29 29 #2,039
1955 46 46 #1,507
1954 53 53 #1,385
1953 58 58 #1,285
1952 63 63 #1,203
1951 53 53 #1,283
1950 57 57 #1,230
1949 65 65 #1,132
1948 75 75 #1,014
1947 97 97 #904
1946 86 86 #904
1945 55 55 #1,059
1944 50 50 #1,109
1943 86 86 #843
1942 109 109 #716
1941 102 102 #697
1940 71 71 #853
1939 58 58 #928
1938 22 22 #1,694
1937 9 9 #3,082
1936 18 18 #1,858
1935 12 12 #2,548
1934 23 23 #1,599
1933 22 22 #1,654
1932 13 13 #2,474
1931 14 14 #2,284
1930 20 20 #1,867
1929 23 23 #1,699
1928 17 17 #2,185
1927 17 17 #2,242
1926 15 15 #2,460
1925 15 15 #2,479
1924 21 21 #1,987
1923 20 20 #2,016
1922 24 24 #1,784
1921 16 16 #2,369
1920 12 12 #2,880
1919 9 9 #3,408
1918 8 8 #3,785
1917 9 9 #3,312
1916 5 5 #4,815
1915 7 7 #3,754