Hattie

Where Hattie comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Hattie.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Hattie through the years
  1. 1878
    Hattie Caraway born
    United States Senator from Arkansas and first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, first woman to preside over the senate, first woman to chair a senate committee, and first woman to preside over a senate hearing
  2. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #27 among girls with 769 babies in the first year on record, and still its best.
  3. 1893
    Hattie McDaniel born
    American actress
  4. 1957
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #529.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Harriet.
Namesakes
  • Hattie McDaniel · American actress, 1893–1952
  • Hattie Caraway · United States Senator from Arkansas and first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, first woman to preside over the senate, first woman to chair a senate committee, and first woman to preside over a senate hearing, 1878–1950
  • Hattie Jacques · English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen, 1922–1980
  • Hattie Morahan · British actress, born 1978
  • Hattie Winston · American actress, born 1945

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.