Girls' name · since 1882
Hetty
Hetty has 720 recorded births since 1882 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,350 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 720
- born since 1882
- 1920s
- peak decade
Hetty is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 720 have been recorded since 1882.
Hetty has 720 recorded births among girls since 1882, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1882 to 2012.
- #9,350 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 720 born since 1882
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hetty ranks #9,350 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 720 born since 1882, peaking in the 1920s.
- #9,350 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 720
- born since 1882
- 1920s
- peak decade
Hetty's 720 recorded births place it above 87.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Hetty's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hetty splits its recorded history at 1922: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1899 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hetty popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1882–2012
- Peak year (1918)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 131 years of records
Hetty by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (141 births, 20% of the file).
1920s was Hetty's strongest decade.
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Hetty births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
57 births
- 1890s
1890s
88 births
- 1900s
1900s
75 births
- 1910s
1910s
114 births
- 1920s
1920s
141 births
- 1930s
1930s
76 births
- 1940s
1940s
84 births
- 1950s 52
1950s
52 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 141 births (20% of all-time use).
How Hetty 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 Hetty's total volume
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What to do with Hetty's data
- Hetty's decade-level peak was the 1920s (141 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hetty: 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 (~130 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, 1882–2012 (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 Hetty 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.