Heidi
Meaning and origin
From German Heidi.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Heidi (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Heidi has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2016. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | 16 |
| 2002 | 15 |
| 2003 | 14 |
| 2004 | 10 |
| 2005 | 12 |
| 2006 | 13 |
| 2007 | 14 |
| 2008 | 18 |
| 2009 | 14 |
| 2010 | 21 |
| 2011 | 25 |
| 2012 | 18 |
| 2013 | 28 |
| 2014 | 21 |
| 2015 | 28 |
| 2016 | 31 |
| 2017 | 27 |
| 2018 | 26 |
| 2019 | 25 |
| 2020 | 22 |
| 2021 | 31 |
| 2022 | 18 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,021 |
| 2000 | 2,035 |
| 2001 | 2,065 |
| 2002 | 2,094 |
| 2003 | 2,119 |
| 2004 | 2,135 |
| 2005 | 2,146 |
| 2006 | 2,177 |
| 2007 | 2,198 |
| 2008 | 2,224 |
| 2009 | 2,240 |
| 2010 | 2,270 |
| 2011 | 2,288 |
| 2012 | 2,300 |
| 2013 | 2,316 |
| 2014 | 2,353 |
| 2015 | 2,377 |
| 2016 | 2,417 |
| 2017 | 2,458 |
| 2018 | 2,473 |
| 2019 | 2,498 |
| 2020 | 2,496 |
Heidi in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Heidi.Hi! My name is Heidi.
- Har du träffat Heidi? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Heidi? She started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Heidi kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Heidi is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Heidis mamma är lärare.Heidi's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Heidis mamma is Heidi's mum.
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Questions about Heidi
How do you pronounce Heidi in Swedish?
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What does the name Heidi mean?
From German Heidi.
How popular is Heidi in Sweden?
18 babies were named Heidi in 2022. In 2020, 2,496 people in Sweden had Heidi as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2016 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.