Hether — girls' name
364 babies named Hether in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Hether was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Hether in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hether
The Social Security Administration has registered 364 babies named Hether between 1964 and 1991, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hether currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hether performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 192 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Hether shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Hether in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hether in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 364 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Hether at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hether popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1964
- Peak year (1977)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
364 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 26 births in a single year.
Hether by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 192 births that decade — 53% of Hether's all-time total
Hether decade highlights
- Peak decade 192 births
- Runner-up 130 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Hether's strongest decade
192 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Hether by state
Where Hether concentrates geographically — total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.4% |
6 of 364 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.6% of nationwide
- Texas 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1964–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.