Haddie
A feminine name of English origin meaning "home ruler".
Name Census estimates that about 1,946 living Americans carry the first name Haddie. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Haddie today is around 10 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Haddie births was 2017 (175 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Haddie. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Haddie with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Haddie is a relatively new arrival in the SSA data. The average bearer is just 10 years old, meaning it gained most of its traction in the last two decades.
People living today
1.9K
~ 1 in 176,133 Americans
Peak year
2017
175 babies that year
Average age
10
years old
2024 SSA rank
#1,715
Tracked since 1914
Census
Haddie in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,495 people with the first name Haddie, which placed it at #9,334 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#9,334
National first-name rank
People counted
1.5K
1,495 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.5
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
88.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Haddie
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Haddie is White at 88.3%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (3.9%) and Two or More Races (3.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Haddie described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Haddie at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White88.3% · 1,320
- Hispanic or Latino3.9% · 58
- Two or more races3.4% · 51
- Black or African American2.9% · 44
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.8% · 12
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.7% · 10
Popularity
Haddie: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Haddie from the 1910s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 1,296 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Haddie remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Haddie by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Haddie during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Haddies live
The SSA's state-level files cover 29 states and territories. Texas, Wisconsin, Minnesota recorded the most babies named Haddie, while West Virginia, New York, North Dakota recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 34 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Haddie
Haddie is an English diminutive form of the name Hawise, which is derived from the Old German name Hedwig. The name Hedwig originates from the Old High German words "hadu" meaning "battle" and "wig" meaning "combat". It can be interpreted to mean "battle-fighter" or "warrior".
The name Hawise was common in medieval England, particularly during the 12th and 13th centuries. It was often used by Norman families who settled in England after the Norman conquest in 1066. Some of the earliest known bearers of the name include Hawise, Countess of Gloucester (c. 1097-1198) and Hawise de Beaumont (c. 1153-1197), daughter of Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester.
Haddie likely emerged as a pet form or nickname for the name Hawise in England during the late Middle Ages or early Renaissance period. One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name Haddie was Haddie Hogge, an English woman who lived in the late 16th century in the village of Redmarshall, County Durham.
Other notable historical figures with the name Haddie include Haddie Bourne (1846-1938), an English writer and educator who authored several books on gardening and nature; Haddie Manton (1881-1951), a Scottish suffragette and activist for women's rights; and Haddie Parmentier (1904-1992), a Belgian artist known for her impressionist paintings of rural landscapes.
Furthermore, Haddie White (1928-2010) was an American politician who served as the first female mayor of Strathmere, New Jersey, from 1976 to 1996. Haddie Sizemore (1929-2022) was a notable American bluegrass musician and singer from Kentucky, known for her distinctive high-lonesome vocal style.
People
Haddie + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Haddie as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with H
Other first names starting with H with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Haddie: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Haddie?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,946 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Haddie going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 176,133 US residents.
Is Haddie a common name?
We classify Haddie as "Rare". It ranks above 93.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,966 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Haddie most popular?
The single biggest year for Haddie was 2017, when 175 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Haddie is about 10 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Haddie in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,495 people with the name Haddie, or 0.49 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #9,334 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Haddie in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Haddie?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Haddie appears almost entirely female. Of the 1,495 people counted with this name, 99.7% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Haddie?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Haddie is White at 88.3%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (3.9%) and Two or More Races (3.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Haddie most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Haddie in the 2020 Census, accounting for 88.3% (1,320 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Haddie in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Haddie a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Haddie in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Haddie still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Haddie in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Haddie can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many Americans are named Haddie?
Our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers how many Americans are named Haddie at a glance, with the living-bearer count up front.