Hattie
Hattie or Hatty is traditionally an English feminine nickname for the name Harriet, long used, however, independently.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Hattie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hattie or Hatty is traditionally an English feminine nickname for the name Harriet, long used, however, independently.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Hattie
Hattie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 769 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1918, when 1,999 Hatties were born — ranking #121 that year. As of 2026, Hattie ranks #363 for baby girls with 846 births, rising sharply (+20% over the past five years). In total, more than 106K Hatties have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Hattie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Hattie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Hattie
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- Hattie Alexander (1901–1968), American pediatrician and microbiologist
- Hattie Bessent (1908–2015), American psychiatric nurse
- Hattie Beverly (1874–1904), first African-American schoolteacher in Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Hattie Canty (1933–2012), African-American labor activist
- Hattie Caraway (1878–1950), first female United States senator
- Hattie Carnegie (1889–1956), American clothing and jewelry designer
- Hattie Carthan (1901–1984), community activist in New York
- Hattie Mae Cohens (c. 1963–1992), American lesbian and murder victim
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Names that sound like Hattie
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About the name Hattie
Hattie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 106K births in the dataset. Hattie's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #27. Use the chart and map above to compare Hattie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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