Is Heide a boy or girl name?

Heide is a girl’s name. Of the 2,103 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Heide

Recorded 1948–2021 · United States

Heide was most popular in 1968, when 84 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,925 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,103 people named Heide.

Heide over time

Births per year. The dot marks Heide’s peak in 1968. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Heide a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Heide is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,103 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Heide

Where Heide is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org