Hetty
Last seen for girls in 2012 at #16,869
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 720since 1882
Hetty over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Hetty has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
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| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 |
| 1925 | #2,191 | 17 |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
| 1903 | #1,027 | 12 |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,009 | 12 |
| 1897 | #982 | 11 |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 |
| 1891 | #796 | 12 |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 |
| 1885 | #695 | 10 |
| 1884 | #686 | 10 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #634 | 9 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1882
The first year at least five girls were named Hetty! It came in at #634, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Hetty
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Biggest jump: 427 spots in 1894 (#1,277 → #850)
- Biggest drop: 449 spots in 1895 (#850 → #1,299)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1882 at #634 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1884–1887
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,983
- Highest: 1 in 11,983 girls born in 1882 were named Hetty (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 352,211 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 19.6% of all girls named Hetty (141) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 57 | #634 (1882) | #855 |
| 1890s | 88 | #796 (1891) | #1,132 |
| 1900s | 75 | #1,027 (1903) | #1,433 |
| 1910s | 114 | #1,540 (1912) | #2,237 |
| 1920s | 141 | #1,961 (1928) | #2,542 |
| 1930s | 76 | #2,417 (1939) | #2,880 |
| 1940s | 84 | #2,666 (1942) | #3,567 |
| 1950s | 52 | #3,235 (1950) | #4,689 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 12 | #6,619 (1971) | #8,136 |
| 1980s | 11 | #10,411 (1981) | #10,629 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,317 (1992) | #13,317 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,869 (2012) | #16,869 |
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.
Hetty in 1885
girls
#695
10 births · 1 in 13,306 girls
Top girls' names in 1885
More about 1885
girls
133,055 girls got a published name in 1885; 1 in 13,306 of them was named Hetty, which outranked 41.9% of the 1,197 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).