How Many People Are Named Hettie?
people named Hettie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 381,456 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,294 babies named Hettie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2019, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
170 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of HENRIETTA or HESTER.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hettie in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hettie alive today is about 71 years old, and 79% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 83 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hettie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1916, to 170 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2019.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2019
🏆 Rank History
Hettie has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #172, in 1884.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #172 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #496 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hettie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hettie were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 50 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hettie was given 6.1 times as often in North Carolina, 4.3 times in Mississippi and 4.3 times in Tennessee.
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