Most common hat size

[new2hats]

If I wanted to open a store or sell hats to the general public, would there be a size or sizes that I would carry most?

Is there a bell curve with the average head sizes?

 

[gear-guy]

7 1/2 long oval here that's all I can help you with.

 

[tuco1963]

7 1/2 fer sure

 

[ManofKent]

I think for a modern man US 7 3/8 is supposedly the most common

 

[Tomasso]

I think for a modern man US 7 3/8 is supposedly the most common

That's probably why it's slim pickings for me on the vintage market.

 

[ManofKent]

That's probably why it's slim pickings for me on the vintage market.

That and it would have been a large size in the 50's - I think in that time the average head size has gone up a couple of sizes.

 

[gear-guy]

That and it would have been a large size in the 50's - I think in that time the average head size has gone up a couple of sizes.

Quite right, my wife buys mens vintage fedoras that fit her fine,that fit men of that era. As for my 7 1/2 size finding vintage hats is hard. But to the original question Richard is correct. I agree that 7 3/8 or 7 1/4 is probably the norm today.

 

[Simonds]

7 3/8

 

[gear-guy]

7 3/8

He will know better than anyone!

 

[fedoracentric]

In the 80s and 90s the US army had more size 7-1/4 than anything. So, I'd say the most common size is 7-1/4 or 7-3/8. This is why no one can easily sell a 6-7/8 hat these days!

 

[CaramelSmoothie]

For women, it's a tie between 21 in. and 22 in.

 

[Jedwbpm]

7 3/8

Jeff

 

[Joao Encarnado]

7 1/4 or 7 3/8
Hard to get of those cheap.

 

[suitedcboy]

7 1/8, 7 1/4, 7 3/8 are the highest concentration of head sizes per the hat manager at a large western wear seller near me.
He said the 7 3/8 size leads the 7 1/8 now but 35 years ago 7 1/8 out sold 7 3/8. 7 1/4 is his best and always was.
This is the results for north Texas. Ethnicity drives head size to a degree so some areas of the world would shove the top of the bell curve of sizes left or right.

 

[T Jones]

If I wanted to open a store or sell hats to the general public, would there be a size or sizes that I would carry most?

Is there a bell curve with the average head sizes?

I sure hope your store will carry the hard to fit "in between sizes". I'm tired of putting stuff behind the sweat to make a hat fit me...and I don't like stretching the smaller ones either. I want a hat that I can just put on and it fits.

 

[barrowjh]

I think head size changes, slightly at least; my son was fit with a 6 7/8th size 'cover' when he was a student for one year at VMI, but that was more than 10 years ago. He fit a 7 1/4 just a couple years ago, he might be on the larger side of that by now. I have rather consistently been on the low side of 7 1/8, or in-between a 7 & 7 1/8, but I think my own head size fluctuates slightly with my weight. It would be interesting to know, for a person that is overweight, just how much would they have to lose to drop a whole head size? Maybe not a practical goal.

 

[ManofKent]

John - my head has certainly grown over the years - I was between a 58 and 59 when I was 20 - add 20 odd years and I'm between a 60 & 61. I have put on a little weight since then but not enough that I thought it would impact on my hat size.

 

[Brad Bowers]

I was a 7 ¼ at age 18. Age 47, I'm firmly a 7 ⅜, and have probably put on 60 pounds. I shouldn't admit that in public, right?

 

[fedoracentric]

Our heads have not grown fat. With age we just have more knowledge in them and our skull is bustin' with the weight. That is my story and I'm sticking with it.

 

[Mr.Astor]

I was a 7 ¼ at age 18. Age 47, I'm firmly a 7 ⅜, and have probably put on 60 pounds. I shouldn't admit that in public, right?

Who cares! we're talking about hat's fitting,I think as you get older you like thing's a little more comfortable. Not like when you were young and you pulled it on your head, and all you cared about was I'm not gonna chase this down the street! I thought I was alway's a 7 1/8 but I'm between 7 1/8 to 7 1/4. How many heads have grown on here without them putting on any weight!!! That is the question!! HA!