How Many People Are Named Heide?
An estimated 1,801 people in the United States have the first name Heide. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 53 years old, and Heide peaked in popularity in 1968 with 84 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Heide as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Heide paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,801
About 1 in 190,313 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
53
years old
Peak Year
1968
84 births
Total Registered
2,103
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Heide
Heide is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 2,103 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Heide as a female name
Ranked #16,132 in 2021
5 female births in 2021
Peak: 1968 (84 births)
Heide: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Heide span from the 1940s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 721 babies were registered. Heide has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Heide by Decade
How has Heide tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Heide by State
Birth registrations for Heide span all 11 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, California, Illinois. The lowest are in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Washington. On average, about 62 Heides were registered per state.
Heide + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Heide as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Heide
Other first names starting with H with a similar number of bearers.
Heide: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Heide?
We estimate approximately 1,801 people named Heide are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 190,313 Americans share this first name.
Is Heide a common name?
Heide is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 93.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,103 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Heide most popular?
Heide reached peak popularity in 1968, when 84 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Heide is approximately 53 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Heide a female name?
Heide is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Heide Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Heide Smith, Heide Johnson, Heide Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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