Random Hat Generator

One press draws a real kind of hat with what it looks like and where it comes from.

Panama hatA brimmed straw hat woven from the leaves of the toquilla palm. Despite its name, it comes from Ecuador.

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How it works

Need a random hat for a drawing, a costume or a character? Press the button for one real kind of hat, from the boater to the zucchetto, with what it looks like and where it comes from.

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Pick a kind of hat

After your first press, a list under the button reads Any kind. Choose Brimmed hats, Caps, Knitted and soft hats, Helmets and hard hats, Hats of office and ceremony, or Historical hats, and each press draws from that kind only.

Guess where it comes from

Read the name and guess the place before you read the line. Some names mislead: the Panama hat comes from Ecuador. Others say it plainly: the Tyrolean hat is from the Tyrol, and the mokorotlo is on the flag of Lesotho.

Tips

Costume to make by tomorrow? Choose Historical hats and keep the first one you could cut from cardboard.

Questions and answers

Can this draw names out of a hat?

No. This page draws kinds of hat. To draw one name or choice from your own list, use pick for me, or draw straws to settle who goes first.

What is the difference between a fedora and a trilby?

A trilby has a shorter brim, angled down at the front and slightly turned up at the back, and a slightly shorter crown. A fedora has a wider, more level brim.

Where does the Panama hat come from?

Ecuador. It is a traditional straw hat of Ecuadorian origin, woven from the leaves of the toquilla palm, and it is also called an Ecuadorian hat or a Jipijapa hat.

Are brands on the list?

No. The list holds kinds of hat only, with no maker, model or trade name.

Where do the facts come from?

We wrote each line and checked it on October 1, 2026 against the hat's own Wikipedia article, starting from Wikipedia's list of hat styles.

All 96 hats

Brimmed hats 26

Boater A stiff straw hat with a flat crown and a ribbon band. It derives from the hats of Venice's gondoliers.
Boonie hat A wide-brimmed sun hat like a bucket hat with a stiffer brim and loops around the crown for leaves.
Bowler hat A hard felt hat with a rounded crown, first made in London in 1849. Americans call it a derby.
Bucket hat A soft hat with a narrow brim that slopes downward, usually of cotton such as denim or canvas.
Campaign hat A broad-brimmed hat with a high crown pinched at four corners, worn by park rangers and Scouts.
Chupalla A straw hat of Chilean horsemen, named after a plant once used to make it. Worn to dance the cueca.
Conical hat A cone-shaped sun hat worn across East and Southeast Asia, held on by a chin strap or an inner band.
Cork hat A hat with corks hung on strings from the brim. They swing as the head moves and keep flies away.
Cowboy hat A high-crowned, wide-brimmed hat, best known as the mark of the North American cowboy.

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Brimmed hats, continued

Fedora A hat with a soft brim and a crown creased lengthwise and pinched in front. The name was in use by 1891.
Gat A Korean men's hat of the Joseon period, made of horsehair or bamboo, with a wide brim.
Homburg A felt hat with one dent down the crown and a curled brim, named after Bad Homburg in Germany.
Mokorotlo A straw hat that is the national symbol of Lesotho. A picture of it appears on the country's flag.
Opera hat A top hat that folds flat on a spring so it fits under a theater seat. Also called a gibus.
Panama hat A brimmed straw hat woven from the leaves of the toquilla palm. Despite its name, it comes from Ecuador.
Picture hat An elaborate women's hat whose wide brim frames the face like a picture. Also called a Gainsborough hat.
Pork pie hat A hat with a flat crown that looks like a pork pie, worn since the middle of the 19th century.
Salakot A dome or cone-shaped hat from the Philippines for sun and rain, made of bamboo, rattan or gourd.
Slouch hat A wide-brimmed felt or cloth hat, often with a chinstrap, long worn by Australian soldiers.
Sombrero A hat with a high pointed crown and an extra-wide brim that shades head, neck and shoulders. Mexico.
Sombrero vueltiao A traditional hat of the Zenú people of Colombia, woven from palm, and a symbol of the country.
Sou'wester A collapsible oilskin rain hat, longer at the back than the front to keep rain off the neck.
Top hat A tall, flat-crowned hat for formal dress, usually of black silk, in fashion from the late 1700s.
Trilby A narrow-brimmed hat with the brim angled down in front and turned up slightly at the back.
Tyrolean hat A hat from the Tyrol in the Alps, part of the local folk costume. It is also called an Alpine hat.
Welsh hat A tall hat like a top hat, part of Welsh national costume and worn by schoolgirls on St David's Day.

Caps 14

Balmoral bonnet A soft knitted wool cap with a flat crown, part of Scottish Highland dress. Named after Balmoral Castle.
Baseball cap A soft cap with a rounded crown and a stiff bill in front, usually with a team or company logo.
Casquette A peaked cotton cap traditionally worn by road cyclists, still handed out for the winners' podium.
Cricket cap A soft, close-fitting cap of six or eight sections with a small brim, worn by cricket players.
Deerstalker A cap worn in the English countryside for stalking deer, now the stock hat of a cartoon detective.
Flat cap A rounded cap with a small stiff brim in front, usually of tweed, wool or cotton. From Northern England.
Glengarry A Scottish cap of thick wool with a toorie on top and ribbons hanging behind, worn with Highland dress.
Green eyeshade A green visor once worn by accountants, telegraphers and copy editors against the glare of harsh lights.
Kepi A cap with a flat circular top and a visor, most associated with French military and police uniforms.
Mariner's cap A peaked cap of black or navy blue wool felt, first popular with seafarers. Also called a skipper's cap.
Newsboy cap A cap like a flat cap but rounder and fuller, made of eight panels with a button on top.
Sailor cap A round, flat cap with no visor worn in many navies. A ribbon around it names a ship or a navy.
Tam o' shanter The traditional Scottish bonnet worn by men, named after the hero of a 1790 poem by Robert Burns.
Trucker hat A cap with a mesh back and a stiff flat bill. It began in the 1970s as a free gift from farm suppliers.

Knitted and soft hats 20

Balaclava Cloth headgear that leaves only part of the face showing, used for skiing, snowboarding and motor racing.
Beanie In the United States, a head-hugging brimless cap, sometimes of triangular panels joined by a button.
Beret A soft, round, flat-crowned cap. Mass production began in the Basque Country in the 19th century.
Chullo An Andean hat with earflaps, made from vicuña, alpaca, llama or sheep's wool.
Cloche A fitted, bell-shaped hat for women, invented in 1908. Cloche is the French word for bell.
Dhaka topi A traditional Nepalese cloth hat, part of the national dress and worn daily by men in the hills.
Fascinator A formal, decorative headpiece fixed to a band or clip. It covers very little of the head.
Fez A short, cylindrical felt hat with no brim, usually red with a black tassel. Also called a tarboosh.
Four Winds hat A traditional man's hat of the Sámi: a blue cylinder topped by a large four-cornered star.
Knit cap A knitted cap for cold weather, once made of wool. Canadians call it a toque and Americans a beanie.
Kufi A short, rounded, brimless cap worn by men in many parts of Africa, South Asia and the Middle East.
Pakol A soft, flat, round-topped wool cap with a rolled edge, from Gilgit and Chitral in northern Pakistan.
Party hat A cone of thin paperboard with printed designs and an elastic string under the chin.
Pillbox hat A small hat with a flat crown, straight upright sides and no brim, named after little cases for pills.
Qeleshe A white, brimless felt skull cap traditionally worn by Albanians. Its height and shape vary by region.
Songkok A close-fitting cap with no rim, shaped like a cut-off cone, worn in Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei.
Swim cap A tight cap of silicone, latex or lycra that keeps a swimmer's hair out of the face and cuts drag.
Turban Headwear made by winding a long cloth around the head, worn in many cultures of Asia and Africa.
Ushanka A Russian fur hat with ear flaps that tie up on the crown or fasten at the chin.
Witch hat A hat with a conical crown and a wide brim, worn by witches in stories and costumes.

Helmets and hard hats 12

Aviator hat A leather cap with large earflaps and a chin strap, made for early pilots against cold and engine noise.
Bicycle helmet A helmet made to soften blows to a cyclist's head without blocking the view to the sides.
Custodian helmet The helmet of British police officers on foot patrol, first used in London in 1870.
Diving helmet A rigid enclosure for a diver's head with its own supply of breathing gas, used mainly by working divers.
Equestrian helmet A helmet for horse riders, built to protect the head in a fall or from a hoof.
Firefighter's helmet A helmet against heat, cinders and falling objects. Early ones were leather; many now are plastic.
Football helmet A hard plastic shell with thick padding, a face mask of coated metal bars and a chinstrap.
Hard hat A helmet for building sites. Bands inside hold the shell away from the head to soften a blow.
Hockey helmet A helmet worn in ice hockey to protect the head from the puck, sticks, skates and the ice.
Motorcycle helmet A helmet with a foam inner shell that absorbs shock and a hard plastic outer layer.
Pith helmet A light, cloth-covered sun helmet made of sholapith. It comes from the salakot of the Philippines.
Ski helmet A helmet for winter sports with a hard shell and padding. It was rare until about 2000.

Hats of office and ceremony 9

Bearskin A tall fur cap first worn by grenadiers in the 1600s and 1700s, now kept for parade dress.
Biretta A square cap with three or four peaks, sometimes topped by a tuft, worn by some Christian clergy.
Chef's hat The white hat of a chef's uniform. Its French name, toque blanche, means white hat.
Kippah A brimless Jewish skullcap, usually made of cloth. It is also called a yarmulke.
Mitre The ceremonial headdress of bishops in several Christian churches. Americans spell it miter.
Mortarboard A flat square board on a skullcap with a tassel, worn at graduation. Named after a bricklayer's board.
Shako A tall, cylindrical military cap with a visor, often with a badge in front and a plume on top.
Tudor bonnet A soft round cap with a tassel on a cord, worn in Tudor England and today by holders of doctorates.
Zucchetto A small, round, close-fitting skullcap worn by clergy of the Catholic Church and some other churches.

Historical hats 15

Beaver hat A hat of felted beaver fur, in fashion across much of Europe from 1550 to 1850.
Bergère hat A flat-brimmed straw hat with a shallow crown, trimmed with ribbon and flowers. Bergère means shepherdess.
Bicorne A two-cornered hat adopted by European armies in the 1790s.
Bycocket A hat with a brim turned up at the back and pointed in front like a bird's beak, 13th to 16th century.
Capotain A tall, slightly conical hat with a narrow brim, worn from the 1590s. Also called a Pilgrim hat.
Cavalier hat A wide-brimmed felt hat of 17th-century Europe, usually trimmed with an ostrich plume.
Chaperon A medieval European hood that grew a long tail and turned into a hat, most in fashion in Burgundy.
Coonskin cap A cap made from the skin and fur of a raccoon. It was a craze among boys in the 1950s.
Hennin A cone or steeple-shaped headdress worn by noblewomen in Europe in the Late Middle Ages.
Mobcap A round, gathered cloth bonnet with a frilled brim, worn by married women in the 1700s and early 1800s.
Petasos A broad-brimmed hat of ancient Greece worn by farmers and travelers. With wings, it is the hat of Hermes.
Phrygian cap A soft cone-shaped cap with the tip bent over, worn in antiquity and later a sign of liberty.
Poke bonnet A women's bonnet with a small crown and a wide, rounded brim that reaches out past the face.
Toque A hat with a narrow brim or none, popular in Europe from the 13th to the 16th century.
Tricorne A three-cornered hat popular in Europe in the 18th century. People then called it a cocked hat.

How this list was compiled: We chose these kinds of hat and wrote every line ourselves. The list started from Wikipedia's List of hat styles, and each line was checked on 2026-10-01 against the hat's own English Wikipedia article (saved per item): a script then confirmed that the words each line rests on stand in the article. A line says what the hat looks like or is made of and where or when it comes from, as far as the article says. The sorting into six kinds is ours. The list holds kinds of hat only: no maker, model or trade name is listed, and hats whose usual name is a company's name were left out. Licence: own work