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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1915

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 102 recorded years as a table

Hedy, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1915	7
1916	5
1917	8
1918	7
1919	8
1920	10
1921	13
1922	20
1923	17
1924	17
1925	12
1926	13
1927	14
1928	15
1929	21
1930	18
1931	13
1932	12
1933	22
1934	22
1935	11
1936	17
1937	8
1938	20
1939	53
1940	62
1941	84
1942	81
1943	62
1944	38
1945	42
1946	55
1947	55
1948	44
1949	38
1950	33
1951	29
1952	34
1953	31
1954	27
1955	24
1956	14
1957	15
1958	15
1959	17
1960	17
1961	14
1962	14
1963	14
1964	16
1965	10
1966	14
1967	10
1968	6
1969	12
1970	7
1971	9
1972	9
1973	6
1974	7
1975	6
1976	5
1977	4
1978	5
1979	6
1980	4
1981	5
1983	4
1984	5
1985	3
1986	5
1987	4
1989	4
1991	3
1993	3
1994	3
1996	3
1997	3
1998	5
2000	3
2001	5
2002	6
2003	5
2004	4
2005	5
2007	5
2008	3
2010	3
2011	3
2012	4
2014	6
2015	5
2016	10
2017	7
2018	6
2019	8
2020	4
2021	5
2022	6
2023	5
2024	5
2025	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Hedy isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Hedy

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 7
Rank in 2025: #11,932
How rare: 1 in 229,609 girls
Since 1915: 2,316

Most popular in 1941, at 84 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 14% per million girls born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.