Girls' name · since 1880
Hattie
Hattie has 105,197 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #363 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #334 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 105,197
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Yes -- Hattie is the #334 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 105,197 recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hattie has been recorded 105,197 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #334 nationally and more common than 98% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #363 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #334 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 105,197 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hattie ranks #363 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #334 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 105,197 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #363 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #334 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 105,197
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Hattie's 105,197 recorded births place it above 99.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by North Carolina.
How Hattie compares
105,197 Top 3% higher than 97% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Hattie's all-time total is 280x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hattie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 105,197 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,999 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hattie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hattie's full recorded timeline at 1953, 17% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 83% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 55 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1918 peak of 1,999 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hattie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1918)
- 1,999
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Hattie popularity over time - boys
494 total births recorded since 1880 (Hattie as boys' name)
Hattie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (16,418 births, 16% of the file).
1910s was Hattie's strongest decade.
16,418 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Hattie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
10,199 births
- 1890s
1890s
12,909 births
- 1900s
1900s
11,717 births
- 1910s
1910s
16,418 births
- 1920s
1920s
16,368 births
- 1930s
1930s
10,229 births
- 1940s
1940s
7,845 births
- 1950s 4,450
1950s
4,450 births
- 1960s 1,783
1960s
1,783 births
- 1970s 778
1970s
778 births
- 1980s 645
1980s
645 births
- 1990s 792
1990s
792 births
- 2000s 1,272
2000s
1,272 births
- 2010s 5,073
2010s
5,073 births
- 2020s 4,719
2020s
4,719 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 16,418 births (16% of all-time use).
How Hattie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Hattie's total volume
Hattie by state
Where Hattie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 6,843 | 6.5% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 6,330 | 6.0% |
| #3 | South Carolina | | 6,218 | 5.9% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 5,831 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 5,453 | 5.2% |
| #6 | Texas | | 4,650 | 4.4% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 3,374 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 3,224 | 3.1% |
6,843 of 105,197 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Hattie appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Hattie's data
- Hattie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (16,418 total births); usage has since declined to 4,719 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Hatties (6,843 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Hattie
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hattie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hattie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.