How Many People Are Named Hedda?
people named Hedda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,550,633 people in the US has this name
Based on 222 babies named Hedda in Social Security records from 1900 to 2007, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
13 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of HEDVIG. This is the name of the heroine of the play 'Hedda Gabler' (1890) by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hedda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hedda alive today is about 70 years old, and 83% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 67 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hedda first appears in the records in 1900 and was given most often in 1943, to 13 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2007.
Babies given the name each year, 1900 to 2007
🏆 Rank History
Hedda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,048, in 1900.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,048 (1900) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,264 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hedda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hedda were born in New York than in any other state: about 12 of those alive today.
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