Haydee
Haydee was the 6197th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 1964, when it ranked 1473rd; the most babies were born in 2008 (87). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,670 places. More babies were named Haydee in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Heidi) pet form of Adelheid ('noble kind') · German
- Rank in 2025
- #6,197 girls, down 472 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 19girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200887 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,414babies recorded
What does the name Haydee mean?
Haydee is a spelling of Heidi, pronounced the same way, so it shares Heidi's meaning and origin.
Heidi is a Swiss German pet form of Adelheid, the German form of Adelaide and Alice. DMNES derives the name from Old High German adal, "noble", and heit, "kind, sort". Heidi became known worldwide through Johanna Spyri's children's novel Heidi (1880), as Wiktionary notes. It was most popular in the US in the 1960s and 1970s.
adal (Old High German, “noble”)heit (Old High German, “kind, sort”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Adelaide, Adelheid, Alice, Heide.
See also: Germanic names, names that mean noble.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Heidi', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (ed. S. L. Uckelman), Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Alice', DMNES, Durham University
- Johanna Spyri, Heidi (Project Gutenberg eBook #1448), Project Gutenberg
Haydee popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,197 | 19 |
| 2020 | #5,725 | 21 |
| 2010 | #2,792 | 63 |
| 2000 | #2,958 | 48 |
| 1990 | #2,183 | 59 |
| 1980 | #2,109 | 49 |
| 1970 | #2,133 | 38 |
| 1960 | #1,681 | 45 |
| 1950 | #2,961 | 13 |
| 1940 | #4,630 | 5 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Haydee, counting every spelling?
Haydee is a spelling of Heidi, a name family that ranked #324 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #6,197 for Haydee on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,014 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heidi | 894 | #340 | 4,321 |
| Heidy | 101 | #1,917 | 540 |
| Haydee | 19 | #6,197 | 119 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Haydee?
19 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Haydee (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Haydee born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 439 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Haydee.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Haydee?
About 3,200 people born in the US named Haydee are alive today, with a median age of 37; half are between 20 and 53. That makes Haydee mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Haydee by state
How common Haydee was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (2.0×). In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Haydee: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Haydee, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Haydee
What does Haydee mean?
Haydee is a spelling of Heidi, which means “pet form of Adelheid ('noble kind')” (German origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Haydee?
Haydee was the 6197th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 1964, when it ranked 1473rd; the most babies were born in 2008 (87). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,670 places. More babies were named Haydee in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Haydee a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Haydee in the US.
Where is Haydee most popular?
In 2021–2025, Haydee was most common in California (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.