Hattie

#334 for girls in 2025, 923 births · Last seen for boys in 1959 at #3,988
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1880 · 769 births
Debut · girls
769 births
In top 100 · girls
35 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
105,197
since 1880

Hattie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #27, 1880girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#334923—
2024#383820—
2023#384804—
2022#412763—
2021#459684—
2020#421725—
2019#451691—
2018#495628—
2017#477654—
2016#505620—
2015#488657—
2014#590502—
2013#568510—
2012#706398—
2011#994255—
2010#1,438158—
2009#1,769123—
2008#1,531151—
2007#1,588142—
2006#1,639129—
2005#1,645121—
2004#1,756109—
2003#1,552124—
2002#1,510125—
2001#1,468128—
2000#1,518120—
1999#1,68897—
1998#1,587103—
1997#1,84580—
1996#1,503107—
1995#2,10164—
1994#1,86276—
1993#2,17661—
1992#1,98769—
1991#1,83277—
1990#2,20158—
1989#1,99863—
1988#1,83967—
1987#1,96257—
1986#1,93257—
1985#1,97555—
1984#1,78860—
1983#1,85856—
1982#1,55176—
1981#1,52878—
1980#1,54276—
1979#1,71264—
1978#1,54671—
1977#1,76158—
1976#1,52367—
1975#1,44771—
1974#1,26086—
1973#1,29379—
1972#1,19290—
1971#1,18796—
1970#1,19196—
1969#1,024113—
1968#991111—
1967#967112—
1966#890127—
1965#771165—
1964#780175—
1963#695212—
1962#661236—
1961#655245—
1960#584287—
1959#577291#3,9885
1958#556308#3,5596
1957#529327—
1956#474390—
1955#432421—
1954#415436—
1953#381504#3,7985
1952#349554—
1951#330576—
1950#306643—
1949#287723#3,6905
1948#278754#3,3166
1947#275779#3,7335
1946#266739—
1945#247744—
1944#239754#2,8627
1943#236821#2,9647
1942#242785#1,94614
1941#208853#3,5055
1940#198893#3,1306
1939#195912#2,28810
1938#198919#2,8687
1937#193931#3,5185
1936#192938#2,30110
1935#182976#1,92914
1934#1751,067#2,12112
1933#1671,086#2,5429
1932#1781,059#2,6389
1931#1751,057#2,10113
1930#1601,284#2,44411
1929#1641,261#2,7669
1928#1591,375#2,65910
1927#1561,508#2,19314
1926#1511,601#2,18614
1925#1481,738#3,4087
1924#1491,759#2,82210
1923#1471,700#3,1758
1922#1391,780#2,63011
1921#1441,776#3,2148
1920#1321,870#2,23114
1919#1251,896#2,06315
1918#1211,999#3,3687
1917#1181,858#2,09114
1916#1151,889—
1915#1131,825#2,6219
1914#971,678#2,4578
1913#961,434—
1912#901,389#1,7469
1911#861,136#1,3877
1910#731,314—
1909#751,134—
1908#711,137#1,2176
1907#711,142#9998
1906#711,056#9278
1905#621,197#9198
1904#641,123#1,2055
1903#601,106#9107
1902#571,163#1,0136
1901#561,106#1,0585
1900#501,553#1,0507
1899#531,087#66110
1898#481,328#7449
1897#481,251#1,0575
1896#471,320—
1895#461,338#7958
1894#441,325#9546
1893#431,315#61511
1892#401,363#8617
1891#411,219#7008
1890#381,363#7398
1889#351,328—
1888#361,298—
1887#321,135#8196
1886#331,139#9595
1885#361,008—
1884#32993—
1883#28895—
1882#30859—
1881#28775—
1880#27769#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hattie was already there! It came in at #27, and was given to 769 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1975–1995, when fewer than 79 girls a year got the name.

Where Hattie is popular in 1938

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #544 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,202 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedMINew York: #428 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 6,581 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedINOhio: #350 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,256 girlsOHPennsylvania: #410 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,197 girlsPANew Jersey: #361 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,940 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #486 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,565 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #361 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,833 girlsMOKentucky: #172 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 855 girlsKYWest Virginia: #244 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,587 girlsWVVirginia: #95 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 397 girlsVAMaryland: #250 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,073 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #140 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 604 girlsARTennessee: #139 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 662 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #85 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 349 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #40 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 192 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #244 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,355 girlsOKLouisiana: #147 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 570 girlsLAMississippi: #48 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 213 girlsMSAlabama: #70 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 290 girlsALGeorgia: #69 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 296 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Hattie, so not publishedHITexas: #262 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 1,374 girlsTXFlorida: #145 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 590 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#40 · 1 in 192
  2. Mississippi#48 · 1 in 213
  3. Georgia#69 · 1 in 296
  4. Alabama#70 · 1 in 290
  5. North Carolina#85 · 1 in 349

Best ever in a state: #11 in Mississippi, 1912.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#401071 in 192
Mississippi#481061 in 213
Georgia#691041 in 296
Alabama#701011 in 290
North Carolina#851061 in 349
Virginia#95601 in 397
Tennessee#139411 in 662
Arkansas#140311 in 604
Florida#145231 in 590
Louisiana#147391 in 570
Kentucky#172331 in 855
Oklahoma#244151 in 1,355
West Virginia#244121 in 1,587
Maryland#25061 in 2,073
Texas#262421 in 1,374
Ohio#350121 in 4,256
Missouri#36171 in 3,833
New Jersey#36151 in 4,940
Pennsylvania#410121 in 6,197
New York#428131 in 6,581
California#48681 in 5,565
Illinois#54461 in 9,202
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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 Hattie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 49 spots since 2024 (#383 → #334)
  • 87 spots since 2020 (#421 → #334)
  • 154 spots since 2015 (#488 → #334)
  • Biggest jump: 444 spots in 2011 (#1,438 → #994)
  • Biggest drop: 119 spots in 1966 (#771 → #890)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #27 (769 births)
  • Births halved by 1957, 77 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 35 yrs · run 1880–1914
  • Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1880–1968
Share of babies · girls
1 in 118
  • Highest: 1 in 118 girls born in 1880 were named Hattie (0.85%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,741 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 15.6% of all girls named Hattie (16,418) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10,199#27 (1880)#32
1890s12,909#38 (1890)#45
1900s11,717#50 (1900)#64
1910s16,418#73 (1910)#103
1920s16,368#132 (1920)#149
1930s10,229#160 (1930)#182
1940s7,845#198 (1940)#248
1950s4,450#306 (1950)#435
1960s1,783#584 (1960)#802
1970s778#1,187 (1971)#1,411
1980s645#1,528 (1981)#1,797
1990s792#1,503 (1996)#1,878
2000s1,272#1,468 (2001)#1,598
2010s5,073#451 (2019)#671
2020s4,719#334 (2025)#399

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.

Hattie in 1938

girls
#198
919 births · 1 in 1,201 girls
boys
#2,868
7 births · 1 in 158,450 boys

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #198Hattie919

Top boys' names in 1938

  1. #1Robert62,271
  2. #2James59,102
  3. #3John50,517
  4. #4William42,433
  5. #5Richard34,385
  6. #6Charles31,151
  7. #7Donald26,677
  8. #8David22,994
  9. #9Thomas21,381
  10. #10Ronald20,295
  11. #2,868Hattie7
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 1,201 of them was named Hattie, which outranked 96.0% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hattie
  1. #195Eunice942
  2. #196Deloris935
  3. #197Verna927
  4. #198Hattie919
  5. #199Lola895
  6. #200Stella877
  7. #201Bettie869
Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,209Danielle#2,940 → #731
  2. ↑ 833Lorelei#1,451 → #618
  3. ↑ 623Helaine#1,493 → #870
  4. ↑ 399Janine#1,330 → #931
  5. ↑ 392Imelda#1,282 → #890
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,261Noreta#964 → #2,225
  2. ↓ 513Norita#532 → #1,045
  3. ↓ 432Noretta#856 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 366Ferne#950 → #1,316
  5. ↓ 327Verdell#904 → #1,231

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 158,450 of them was named Hattie, which outranked 28.9% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hattie
  1. #2,646Zackie8
  2. #2,646Zebedee8
  3. #2,646Zigmund8
  4. #2,868Hattie7
  5. #2,868Abran7
  6. #2,868Acey7
  7. #2,868Aldean7
  8. #3,175Abelino6
  9. #3,175Adolphe6
  10. #3,175Adolpho6

Tied with 306 names at #2,868; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,314Dion#2,197 → #883
  2. ↑ 448Tex#1,212 → #764
  3. ↑ 425Lonny#1,233 → #808
  4. ↑ 401Gonzalo#1,180 → #779
  5. ↑ 383Lance#722 → #339
Fallers
  1. ↓ 741Worth#1,000 → #1,741
  2. ↓ 528Estel#869 → #1,397
  3. ↓ 492Milburn#845 → #1,337
  4. ↓ 412Lonzo#835 → #1,247
  5. ↓ 405Joy#932 → #1,337

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1938 →