Hetty — girls' name

What the Data Says About Hetty

The Social Security Administration has registered 720 babies named Hetty between 1882 and 2012, spanning 131 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hetty currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hetty performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Hetty shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hetty 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 720 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.