Hettie

Last seen for girls in 2019 at #13,799

Peak · girls
1884 · 105 births
Debut · girls
69 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,294
since 1880

Hettie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Hettie has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201899peak #170, 1884girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023—
2022—
2021—
2020—
2019#13,7996
2018—
2017—
2016#16,2155
2015—
2014—
2013—
2012—
2011—
2010—
2009—
2008—
2007—
2006—
2005—
2004—
2003—
2002#13,5956
2001#13,5216
2000—
1999#14,4115
1998—
1997#13,7245
1996—
1995—
1994#11,7786
1993—
1992—
1991#13,1475
1990—
1989—
1988#10,3866
1987—
1986—
1985—
1984—
1983#10,2755
1982#6,8889
1981#9,1106
1980#7,4188
1979#8,0617
1978—
1977—
1976#9,2845
1975#5,16111
1974#5,36010
1973#8,4235
1972#4,30013
1971#4,81011
1970#6,3627
1969#3,61915
1968#5,6427
1967#4,05311
1966#2,93718
1965#4,4949
1964#3,24416
1963#2,96018
1962#3,78212
1961#3,79312
1960#2,57322
1959#2,45822
1958#3,54312
1957#2,65119
1956#2,00529
1955#1,90731
1954#2,69517
1953#1,87229
1952#1,64135
1951#1,74031
1950#1,52437
1949#1,51237
1948#1,52037
1947#1,23853
1946#1,36041
1945#1,54328
1944#1,38134
1943#1,21244
1942#1,02458
1941#90366
1940#99751
1939#1,03947
1938#1,04547
1937#95053
1936#81867
1935#84067
1934#81568
1933#97350
1932#83068
1931#81969
1930#89465
1929#74289
1928#71897
1927#675115
1926#682114
1925#637132
1924#714109
1923#636133
1922#579152
1921#592149
1920#605138
1919#576145
1918#549164
1917#559146
1916#494170
1915#499153
1914#466138
1913#477112
1912#461106
1911#41794
1910#378107
1909#38989
1908#38190
1907#36096
1906#35688
1905#35290
1904#303113
1903#304107
1902#292115
1901#275117
1900#283132
1899#263117
1898#264130
1897#261118
1896#243131
1895#254124
1894#244122
1893#227133
1892#235123
1891#232108
1890#26094
1889#221109
1888#204120
1887#22883
1886#20791
1885#180106
1884#170105
1883#19975
1882#19073
1881#19064
1880#18069
First appearance
1880

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 1899

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Hettie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
  • Biggest jump: 158 spots in 1934 (#973 → #815)
  • Biggest drop: 152 spots in 1930 (#742 → #894)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #170 (105 births)
  • Births halved by 1933, 49 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 60 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1880–1937
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,229
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 18.3% of all girls named Hettie (1,335) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s895#170 (1884)#197
1890s1,200#227 (1893)#248
1900s1,037#275 (1901)#330
1910s1,335#378 (1910)#488
1920s1,228#579 (1922)#658
1930s601#815 (1934)#902
1940s449#903 (1941)#1,269
1950s262#1,524 (1950)#2,204
1960s140#2,573 (1960)#3,710
1970s69#4,300 (1972)#6,470
1980s34#6,888 (1982)#8,815
1990s21#11,778 (1994)#13,265
2000s12#13,521 (2001)#13,558
2010s11#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 1899

girls
#263
117 births · 1 in 1,992 girls

Top girls' names in 1899

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,115
  3. #3Helen5,048
  4. #4Margaret4,249
  5. #5Ruth3,912
  6. #6Florence3,314
  7. #7Elizabeth3,287
  8. #8Marie3,156
  9. #9Ethel2,999
  10. #10Lillian2,703
  11. #263Hettie117
More about 1899

girls

233,022 girls got a published name in 1899; 1 in 1,992 of them was named Hettie, which outranked 85.7% of the 1,842 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hettie
  1. #260Claire121
  2. #261Zelma120
  3. #262Hulda118
  4. #263Hettie117
  5. #263Cecil117
  6. #263Margie117
  7. #266Harriett116
  8. #267Lily115
  9. #267Myra115

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. ↑ 972Tula#1,700 → #728
  2. ↑ 865Josefina#1,700 → #835
  3. ↑ 822Lempi#1,700 → #878
  4. ↑ 822Villa#1,700 → #878
  5. ↑ 774Fae#1,502 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 946Rosia#650 → #1,596
  2. ↓ 710Lelar#886 → #1,596
  3. ↓ 676Tinnie#920 → #1,596
  4. ↓ 676Tracy#920 → #1,596
  5. ↓ 633Alena#963 → #1,596

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

See the top 100 for 1899 →