Hattie
Hattie was given to 923 girls in 2025, #334 among girls’ names; 105,691 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 25,000 Americans named Hattie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (24% of everyone recorded); the median is 48 years old and half are between 9 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Hattie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Hattie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Hattie is “a diminutive of the female given name Harriet.”
/ˈhæti/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Hattie?
#334 among girls’ names, 2025
Hattie rose from #488 in 2015 to #334 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.37 to 0.57 per 1,000.
2,006 babies in 1918, the peak
Hattie peaked in 1918, when 2,006 babies were given it (1,999 girls, #121 among girls’ names). The 923 births of 2025 are 46% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 923 | #334 | 0.57 |
| 2024 | 820 | #384 | 0.51 |
| 2023 | 804 | #384 | 0.50 |
| 2022 | 763 | #412 | 0.47 |
| 2021 | 684 | #459 | 0.42 |
| 2020 | 725 | #421 | 0.45 |
| 2019 | 691 | #451 | 0.41 |
| 2018 | 628 | #495 | 0.37 |
| 2017 | 654 | #478 | 0.38 |
| 2016 | 620 | #505 | 0.35 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 657 | #488 | 0.37 |
| 2014 | 502 | #590 | 0.28 |
| 2013 | 510 | #568 | 0.29 |
| 2012 | 398 | #706 | 0.23 |
| 2011 | 255 | #994 | 0.14 |
| 2010 | 158 | #1,439 | 0.09 |
| 2009 | 123 | #1,771 | 0.07 |
| 2008 | 151 | #1,533 | 0.08 |
| 2007 | 142 | #1,591 | 0.07 |
| 2006 | 129 | #1,642 | 0.07 |
| 2005 | 121 | #1,649 | 0.07 |
| 2004 | 109 | #1,763 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 124 | #1,553 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 125 | #1,512 | 0.07 |
| 2001 | 128 | #1,468 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 120 | #1,520 | 0.07 |
| 1999 | 97 | #1,697 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 103 | #1,587 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 80 | #1,852 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 107 | #1,503 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 64 | #2,102 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 76 | #1,871 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 61 | #2,179 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 69 | #1,987 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 77 | #1,833 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 58 | #2,207 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 63 | #2,002 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 67 | #1,842 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 57 | #1,965 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 57 | #1,933 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 55 | #1,982 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,795 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,866 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 76 | #1,558 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 78 | #1,535 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 76 | #1,545 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 64 | #1,718 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 71 | #1,548 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 58 | #1,764 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 67 | #1,526 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 71 | #1,449 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 86 | #1,263 | 0.06 |
| 1973 | 79 | #1,295 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 90 | #1,193 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 96 | #1,189 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 96 | #1,192 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 113 | #1,025 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 111 | #995 | 0.07 |
| 1967 | 112 | #967 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 127 | #893 | 0.08 |
| 1965 | 165 | #773 | 0.09 |
| 1964 | 175 | #783 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 212 | #696 | 0.11 |
| 1962 | 236 | #662 | 0.12 |
| 1961 | 245 | #656 | 0.12 |
| 1960 | 287 | #584 | 0.14 |
| 1959 | 291 | #577 | 0.14 |
| 1958 | 308 | #556 | 0.15 |
| 1957 | 327 | #529 | 0.16 |
| 1956 | 390 | #473 | 0.19 |
| 1955 | 421 | #431 | 0.22 |
| 1954 | 436 | #414 | 0.22 |
| 1953 | 504 | #380 | 0.27 |
| 1952 | 554 | #348 | 0.30 |
| 1951 | 576 | #330 | 0.32 |
| 1950 | 643 | #306 | 0.38 |
| 1949 | 723 | #287 | 0.42 |
| 1948 | 754 | #278 | 0.44 |
| 1947 | 779 | #275 | 0.44 |
| 1946 | 739 | #266 | 0.47 |
| 1945 | 744 | #247 | 0.57 |
| 1944 | 754 | #239 | 0.57 |
| 1943 | 821 | #236 | 0.59 |
| 1942 | 785 | #242 | 0.58 |
| 1941 | 853 | #208 | 0.71 |
| 1940 | 893 | #198 | 0.78 |
| 1939 | 912 | #195 | 0.83 |
| 1938 | 919 | #198 | 0.83 |
| 1937 | 931 | #194 | 0.87 |
| 1936 | 938 | #192 | 0.90 |
| 1935 | 976 | #182 | 0.93 |
| 1934 | 1,067 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1933 | 1,086 | #167 | 1.1 |
| 1932 | 1,059 | #178 | 1.0 |
| 1931 | 1,057 | #175 | 1.0 |
| 1930 | 1,284 | #160 | 1.1 |
| 1929 | 1,261 | #164 | 1.1 |
| 1928 | 1,375 | #159 | 1.2 |
| 1927 | 1,508 | #156 | 1.3 |
| 1926 | 1,601 | #151 | 1.4 |
| 1925 | 1,738 | #148 | 1.4 |
| 1924 | 1,759 | #149 | 1.4 |
| 1923 | 1,700 | #147 | 1.4 |
| 1922 | 1,780 | #139 | 1.5 |
| 1921 | 1,776 | #144 | 1.4 |
| 1920 | 1,870 | #132 | 1.6 |
| 1919 | 1,896 | #125 | 1.7 |
| 1918 | 1,999 | #121 | 1.7 |
| 1917 | 1,858 | #118 | 1.7 |
| 1916 | 1,889 | #115 | 1.8 |
| 1915 | 1,825 | #113 | 1.9 |
| 1914 | 1,678 | #97 | 2.2 |
| 1913 | 1,434 | #96 | 2.3 |
| 1912 | 1,389 | #90 | 2.5 |
| 1911 | 1,136 | #86 | 2.7 |
| 1910 | 1,314 | #73 | 3.3 |
| 1909 | 1,134 | #75 | 3.3 |
| 1908 | 1,137 | #71 | 3.4 |
| 1907 | 1,142 | #71 | 3.6 |
| 1906 | 1,056 | #71 | 3.6 |
| 1905 | 1,197 | #62 | 4.1 |
| 1904 | 1,123 | #64 | 4.1 |
| 1903 | 1,106 | #60 | 4.2 |
| 1902 | 1,163 | #57 | 4.4 |
| 1901 | 1,106 | #56 | 4.6 |
| 1900 | 1,553 | #50 | 5.2 |
| 1899 | 1,087 | #53 | 4.7 |
| 1898 | 1,328 | #48 | 5.1 |
| 1897 | 1,251 | #48 | 5.3 |
| 1896 | 1,320 | #47 | 5.5 |
| 1895 | 1,338 | #46 | 5.7 |
| 1894 | 1,325 | #44 | 5.9 |
| 1893 | 1,315 | #43 | 6.2 |
| 1892 | 1,363 | #40 | 6.4 |
| 1891 | 1,219 | #42 | 6.6 |
| 1890 | 1,363 | #38 | 7.2 |
| 1889 | 1,328 | #35 | 7.4 |
| 1888 | 1,298 | #36 | 7.3 |
| 1887 | 1,135 | #32 | 7.8 |
| 1886 | 1,139 | #33 | 7.9 |
| 1885 | 1,008 | #36 | 7.6 |
| 1884 | 993 | #32 | 7.7 |
| 1883 | 895 | #28 | 8.0 |
| 1882 | 859 | #30 | 8.0 |
| 1881 | 775 | #28 | 8.4 |
| 1880 | 769 | #27 | 8.5 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Hattie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Hattie has been given almost only to girls: 494 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Hattie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Hattie, and how old are they?
25,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 24% of the 105,691 Americans ever recorded as Hattie. The median Hattie alive today is 48 years old; half are between 9 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 20,079 people named Hattie (20,039 women and girls, 40 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 25,449 born in the U.S. The Census count is 21% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 4,750 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 6,400 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,370 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,050 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,340 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 8,930 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Hattie born?
The states with the most babies named Hattie are North Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910; South Carolina is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 6,843 | #276 | 2.8× |
| Georgia | 6,330 | #258 | 2.7× |
| South Carolina | 6,218 | #253 | 4.3× |
| Mississippi | 5,831 | #118 | 4.2× |
| Alabama | 5,453 | #158 | 2.9× |
| Texas | 4,650 | #348 | 1.0× |
| Tennessee | 3,374 | #123 | 1.8× |
| Virginia | 3,224 | #387 | 1.8× |
| Louisiana | 2,417 | #217 | 1.6× |
| Kentucky | 2,097 | #103 | 1.2× |
Where Hattie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Hattie is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 4.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Hattie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 105,998 babies since 1880, Hattie is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 923 of their 928 babies (99%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Hattie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Hattie and names like it
- Compare Hattie and HattyeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sHattie peaked in 1918.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Hattie since 1910.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Hattie.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Hattie alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with HMost given first.