Hettie
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #13,799
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 105 births
- Debut · girls
- 69 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,294since 1880
Hettie over time
Rank among girls' names. Hettie has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 |
| 1963 | #2,960 | 18 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 |
| 1960 | #2,573 | 22 |
| 1959 | #2,458 | 22 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 |
| 1957 | #2,651 | 19 |
| 1956 | #2,005 | 29 |
| 1955 | #1,907 | 31 |
| 1954 | #2,695 | 17 |
| 1953 | #1,872 | 29 |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 |
| 1951 | #1,740 | 31 |
| 1950 | #1,524 | 37 |
| 1949 | #1,512 | 37 |
| 1948 | #1,520 | 37 |
| 1947 | #1,238 | 53 |
| 1946 | #1,360 | 41 |
| 1945 | #1,543 | 28 |
| 1944 | #1,381 | 34 |
| 1943 | #1,212 | 44 |
| 1942 | #1,024 | 58 |
| 1941 | #903 | 66 |
| 1940 | #997 | 51 |
| 1939 | #1,039 | 47 |
| 1938 | #1,045 | 47 |
| 1937 | #950 | 53 |
| 1936 | #818 | 67 |
| 1935 | #840 | 67 |
| 1934 | #815 | 68 |
| 1933 | #973 | 50 |
| 1932 | #830 | 68 |
| 1931 | #819 | 69 |
| 1930 | #894 | 65 |
| 1929 | #742 | 89 |
| 1928 | #718 | 97 |
| 1927 | #675 | 115 |
| 1926 | #682 | 114 |
| 1925 | #637 | 132 |
| 1924 | #714 | 109 |
| 1923 | #636 | 133 |
| 1922 | #579 | 152 |
| 1921 | #592 | 149 |
| 1920 | #605 | 138 |
| 1919 | #576 | 145 |
| 1918 | #549 | 164 |
| 1917 | #559 | 146 |
| 1916 | #494 | 170 |
| 1915 | #499 | 153 |
| 1914 | #466 | 138 |
| 1913 | #477 | 112 |
| 1912 | #461 | 106 |
| 1911 | #417 | 94 |
| 1910 | #378 | 107 |
| 1909 | #389 | 89 |
| 1908 | #381 | 90 |
| 1907 | #360 | 96 |
| 1906 | #356 | 88 |
| 1905 | #352 | 90 |
| 1904 | #303 | 113 |
| 1903 | #304 | 107 |
| 1902 | #292 | 115 |
| 1901 | #275 | 117 |
| 1900 | #283 | 132 |
| 1899 | #263 | 117 |
| 1898 | #264 | 130 |
| 1897 | #261 | 118 |
| 1896 | #243 | 131 |
| 1895 | #254 | 124 |
| 1894 | #244 | 122 |
| 1893 | #227 | 133 |
| 1892 | #235 | 123 |
| 1891 | #232 | 108 |
| 1890 | #260 | 94 |
| 1889 | #221 | 109 |
| 1888 | #204 | 120 |
| 1887 | #228 | 83 |
| 1886 | #207 | 91 |
| 1885 | #180 | 106 |
| 1884 | #170 | 105 |
| 1883 | #199 | 75 |
| 1882 | #190 | 73 |
| 1881 | #190 | 64 |
| 1880 | #180 | 69 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hettie was already there! It came in at #180, and was given to 69 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1976–1978, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Hettie is popular in 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#283 · 1 in 2,604
- North Carolina#302 · 1 in 2,743
- Mississippi#312 · 1 in 2,156
- Arkansas#335 · 1 in 2,292
- South Carolina#339 · 1 in 3,134
Best ever in a state: #152 in North Carolina, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #283 | 10 | 1 in 2,604 |
| North Carolina | #302 | 14 | 1 in 2,743 |
| Mississippi | #312 | 11 | 1 in 2,156 |
| Arkansas | #335 | 9 | 1 in 2,292 |
| South Carolina | #339 | 7 | 1 in 3,134 |
| Kentucky | #351 | 9 | 1 in 3,167 |
| Tennessee | #365 | 8 | 1 in 3,394 |
| Alabama | #367 | 10 | 1 in 3,252 |
| Georgia | #448 | 6 | 1 in 5,286 |
| Oklahoma | #497 | 5 | 1 in 5,003 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Hettie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 158 spots in 1934 (#973 → #815)
- Biggest drop: 152 spots in 1930 (#742 → #894)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #170 (105 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 49 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1880–1937
- Highest: 1 in 1,229 girls born in 1884 were named Hettie (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 279,728 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 18.3% of all girls named Hettie (1,335) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 895 | #170 (1884) | #197 |
| 1890s | 1,200 | #227 (1893) | #248 |
| 1900s | 1,037 | #275 (1901) | #330 |
| 1910s | 1,335 | #378 (1910) | #488 |
| 1920s | 1,228 | #579 (1922) | #658 |
| 1930s | 601 | #815 (1934) | #902 |
| 1940s | 449 | #903 (1941) | #1,269 |
| 1950s | 262 | #1,524 (1950) | #2,204 |
| 1960s | 140 | #2,573 (1960) | #3,710 |
| 1970s | 69 | #4,300 (1972) | #6,470 |
| 1980s | 34 | #6,888 (1982) | #8,815 |
| 1990s | 21 | #11,778 (1994) | #13,265 |
| 2000s | 12 | #13,521 (2001) | #13,558 |
| 2010s | 11 | #13,799 (2019) | #15,007 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Hettie in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
More about 1926
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1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 10,398 of them was named Hettie, which outranked 87.9% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #673Vergie116
- #680Donnie115
- #680Orpha115
- #682Hettie114
- #682Cathryn114
- #682Charline114
- #682Sharon114
- #686Annabel113
- #686Celeste113
- #686Cordelia113
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.