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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #170, 1884girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
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2020—
2019#13,7996
2018—
2017—
2016#16,2155
2015—
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2009—
2008—
2007—
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2005—
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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 1921

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedMOKentucky: #302 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,428 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedWVVirginia: #367 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,245 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #339 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,327 girlsARTennessee: #283 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,031 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #245 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,854 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #286 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,429 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #403 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,289 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedLAMississippi: #282 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,793 girlsMSAlabama: #403 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,839 girlsALGeorgia: #393 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,059 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedHITexas: #635 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,887 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Hettie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#245 · 1 in 1,854
  2. Mississippi#282 · 1 in 1,793
  3. Tennessee#283 · 1 in 2,031
  4. South Carolina#286 · 1 in 2,429
  5. Kentucky#302 · 1 in 2,428

Best ever in a state: #152 in North Carolina, 1913.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Carolina#245211 in 1,854
Mississippi#282121 in 1,793
Tennessee#283141 in 2,031
South Carolina#286101 in 2,429
Kentucky#302131 in 2,428
Arkansas#33991 in 2,327
Virginia#36771 in 4,245
Georgia#39391 in 4,059
Alabama#40381 in 3,839
Oklahoma#40381 in 3,289
Texas#635101 in 5,887
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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
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 1921

girls
#592
149 births · 1 in 8,276 girls

Top girls' names in 1921

  1. #1Mary73,984
  2. #2Dorothy39,087
  3. #3Helen34,822
  4. #4Margaret28,468
  5. #5Ruth25,783
  6. #6Virginia19,032
  7. #7Mildred17,880
  8. #8Betty17,638
  9. #9Frances15,993
  10. #10Elizabeth15,800
  11. #592Hettie149
More about 1921

girls

1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 8,276 of them was named Hettie, which outranked 89.9% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hettie
  1. #589Magnolia151
  2. #589Sibyl151
  3. #591Delma150
  4. #592Hettie149
  5. #592Reta149
  6. #594Cathryn148
  7. #595Emilie147
  8. #595Mathilda147

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

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,238Elwanda#4,975 → #737
  2. ↑ 458Noreen#1,255 → #797
  3. ↑ 440Venice#1,375 → #935
  4. ↑ 343Isobel#1,312 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Aida#1,119 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 612Lilia#931 → #1,543
  2. ↓ 345Denise#931 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 330Aleen#968 → #1,298
  4. ↓ 269Virgil#968 → #1,237
  5. ↓ 265Aldona#903 → #1,168

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

See the top 100 for 1921 →