How Many People Are Named Hedy?
people named Hedy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 230,935 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,316 babies named Hedy in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
109 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of HEDWIG and other Germanic names beginning with the element hadu meaning "battle, combat".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hedy in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hedy alive today is about 62 years old, and 69% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 54 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hedy first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1942, to 109 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hedy has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #697, in 1941. In 2025 it ranked #12,377.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #12,377 |
| Best rank | #697 (1941) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #903 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hedy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hedy were born in New York than in any other state: about 244 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hedy was given 6 times as often in New York, 2.4 times in Pennsylvania and 1.4 times in California.
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