This is an incomplete list of hats and headgear (that is, anything worn on the head), both modern and historical.
Hats
Caps and hats commonly worn today
- balmoral
- baseball cap
- batting helmet
- beanie or skully and or visor beanie.
- beret
- bobble hat
- boonie hat
- Borsalino
- bucket hat also fishing hat (UK) or Dixie Cup hat (US)
- capuchon
- chupalla
- cloche hat
- cricket cap
- peaked cap, also combination cap
- cowboy hat
- engineer's cap
- fedora
- fiddler's cap, also Dutch boy cap
- Fitted cap
- flat cap, also bunnet, cloth cap, driver cap, golf cap, or Windsor cap
- flip hat, baseball style cap with the brim intentionally flipped upwards
- Fruit hat
- garrison cap
- Greek fisherman's cap, also captain's cap
- Ivy cap or scally cap, the typical Irish hat
- karakul
- kepi
- kofia, worn in East Africa
- kufi, traditional cap worn by men of African descent
- Muir cap, the traditional leather biker-style cap worn by leathermen
- nasaq, the crocheted headgear of some Canadian Inuit
- nightcap
- Newsboy cap, also Gatsby cap
- Pakol
- Rogatywka
- salakot
- skullcap
- ski hat
- sombrero
- straw hat
- student cap
- Suma cap
- Tam o'shanter or Tammy
- tam, most commonly associated with the Rastafari movement
- taqiya, also tagiyah--resembles the yarmulke
- Topi (cap), traditional cap worn by Muslim men, also called a taqiyah (cap)
- Tubeteika
- tuque, also knit hat, knit cap, sock cap, stocking cap, watch cap, toboggan, ski cap or skull cap
- turban
- yarmulke, also kippa, kippah or skullcap, Jewish traditional
- welder's cap
- Vueltiao A Colombian typical hat with woven and sewn dried tinted palm strips and indigenous figures.
- ushanka
- yachting cap
- zucchetto
- Zulu crown, see kufi for information
Hats worn in the past, or rarely worn today
Men's
- Akubra
- Anthony Eden hat
- beaver
- Beefeaters' hat
- bicorne
- boater, also basher, skimmer
- Boss of the plains
- bowler, also coke hat, billycock, boxer, bun hat, derby
- cabbage-tree hat a hat woven from leaves of the cabbage tree
- capotain (and women) - a tall conical hat, 17th century, usually black - also, copotain, copatain
- caroline - 17th Century
- carriage hat - 1780s-1820s
- caubeen - Irish hat
- cavalier hat, also chevaliers, wide brimmed hat trimmed with ostrich plumes
- chapeau-bras, also chapeau de bras - 18th to early-19th-century folding bicorne hat carried under one arm
- Chaperon adaptable late Middle Ages "dead-chicken" hat
- chimney-pot hat, also lum-hat, Victorian, also worn by clerics in the Greek Orthodox Church
- cocked hat
- deerstalker, hunting cap with fold-down ears, associated with Sherlock Holmes, Elmer Fudd, and Holden Caulfield.
- fedora
- fez
- homburg
- kolpik
- Panama hat
- Peci
- Papakha
- pork pie
- shtreimel
- spodik
- sombrero
- top hat, also stovepipe hat
- tricorne
- trilby
- war bonnet
Women's
- bandeau hat
- beehive
- bergère hat
- bloomer
- bongrace - a wide brimmed hat, 17th/18th century
- Breton
- capeline - 18th/19th century
- capotain (and men) - a tall conical hat, 17th century, usually black - also, copotain, copatain
- cart-wheel hat - low crown, wide stiff brim
- cocktail hat
- Gainsborough hat -a very large hat often elaboratly decorated with plumes, flowers, and trinkets.
- Nón lá, Vietnam.
- Nón quai thao, Vietnam.
Unclassified
- Archer's bonnet
- balibuntal - straw hat from the Philippines
- castor or caster - beaver or rabbit
- chip hat
- cloche
- cockle hat
- cony or coney
- coolie hat
- copintank, also copentank, coptank, copitaine
- cordies
- Cossack hat
- crinoline , also gibus-hat
- demicastor hat
- Directoire
- Dolly Varden
- fan-tail hat
- flat
- Gainsborough
- Garbo hat
- Garibaldi hat
- gipsy hat
- gossamer hat
- grebe hat
- halo-brim hat
- the Hat Terrai Gurkha, worn only by Gurkha Contingent officers in Singapore
- Homburg; a black Homburg was also known as an "Anthony Eden" (after the politician Anthony Eden)
- hunting hat
- jerry
- kausia
- Kevenhuller
- kiss-me-quick hat
- Leghorn hat
- mandarin hat
- Manilla hat
- marquis hat
- matinée hat
- Merry Widow hat
- Moab
- montera
- mourning hat
- mousquetaire
- muff-box
- Müller hat
- mushroom
- petasos
- pill box hat
- sugar loaf
- veiled hat, also bird cage hat
Caps
Caps worn by men in the past, or rarely worn today
- aviator's cap
- barretina
- capeline - a steel skullcap worn by archers in the Middle Ages
- cap'n'bells ("Jester cap" or "jester hat")
- Icelandic tail-cap
- Pileus (hat)
- Phrygian cap
- smoking cap
Caps worn by women in the past
- Icelandic tail-cap
- mob-cap
- pinner
Caps worn only by nobility and only on ceremonial occasions
Bonnets
Bonnets for women
- Cabriolet
- Capote - soft crown, rigid brim, 19th century
- Chip bonnet
- Gypsy bonnet - shallow to flat crown, saucer shaped, and worn by tying it on with either a scarf or sash, under the chin, or at the nape of the neck - 19th Century
- Kiss-me-quick
- Leghorn bonnet
- Mourning bonnet
- Poke bonnet - Early 19th Century, "Christmas Carol" style, with a cylindrical crown and broad funnel brim
- Ugly - a kind of retractable visor that could be attached to bonnets for extra protection from the sun, 19th century
Bonnets for men
- glengarry bonnet
- feather bonnet, the traditional military headgear of many Scottish Highland regiments
- tam o'shanter
- Frob head spectacular
- Glassy Oh So Fine
- Jobby head
- balmoral bonnet
Helmets
Hoods
- bonnet head
- Chaperon (headgear) adaptable late Middle Ages "dead-chicken" hood and hat
- Flemish hood
- French hood
- gable hood
- hood - modern or historical, attached to tops or shirts, overcoats, cloaks, etc
- Capirote, AKA The Ku Klux Klan hood originally worn by Spanish Nazarenes
- Mary Queen of Scots
- Medieval hood
- mourning hood
- riding hood
- Stuart hood
- bongrace - the stiffened back of the hood when flipped over the forehead to provide shade; also a separate headdress to provide shade, worn with a hood or coif, Tudor/Elizabethan
Headbands, headscarves, wimples
- abaya
- buknuk
- chador
- Chaperon (headgear) adaptable late Middle Ages "dead-chicken" hat, hood and scarf
- coif
- crispine 13th Century European women's style of padding hair in a net and headband
- dupatta, also shayla or milfeh
- khimar
- headband
- headscarf, also khimar, hijab, ohrni
- snood
- veil
- wimple
Masks, veils and headgear that covers the face
- See Mask for a fuller list of masks.
- balaclava (helmet) or skimask
- boushiya
- burqa, also burka, burga, burqua
- diving mask
- full-face diving mask
- gas mask
- niqab
- veil
- wedding veil
- visor
Other headdress
Women's
- alice band
- bandanna
- bandeau
- bongrace - a shade for the face, sometimes part of a hood, or a separate garment worn with a hood or coif; Tudor/Elizabethan
- mitre, also miter
- perak
- visor
Men's
- Arab headdress
- bandana, also bandanna
- visor
- do-rag
- stocking cap
- topor - Bengali men's wedding headgear
Jeweled
Wigs
Headgear organised by function
Religious
Christian
Catholic
Anglican
Orthodox
Muslim
Jewish
- Kippah or yarmulke
Hasidic
Buddhist
Sikh
Military and police
- barretina
- Beefeaters' hat
- bearskin
- beret
- bersagliere
- bicorne
- boonie hat
- busby
- campaign hat, also drill instructor hat, drill sergeant hat, ranger hat, sergeant hat, Smokey Bear hat
- Caubeen
- chapeau-bras, also chapeau de bras - 18th to early-19th-century folding bicorne hat carried under one arm
- Civil War cap, also rebel cap
- Custodian helmet, head wear of the British police officer, ranks of Sergeant and Constable
- Envelope Busby, worn by Officer Cadets of the Royal Military College of Canada
- feather bonnet
- flying helmet - closely fitting solid helmet designed to resist impacts within the cockpit of military aircraft - colloquially known as a 'bone dome'
- garrison cap, also campaign cap, cunt cap, flight cap, garrison hat, overseas cap
- gas mask
- Glengarry, also Glengarry bonnet, Glengarry cap
- Hardee hat
- helmet
- jeep cap
- kepi
- patrol cap
- peaked cap, also known as service cap or combination cap
- sailor cap, also known as "white hat" or "dixie cup" in the US Navy
- shako
- slouch hat
- Spanish hat
Officials and civil workers
Other specialist headgear
- chef's hat, also toque blanche, or more familiarly, toque
- coronet
- cowboy hat
- crown
- fire-hat
- gas mask
- green eyeshade
- mortarboard
- night cap
- nurse's cap
- power dome
- printer's hat also pressman's hat
- Santa's hat
- scrum-cap
- shower cap, a flexible plastic covering to protect the hair from getting wet, as used when taking a shower.
- space helmet
- swimming cap, also "swim cap" and "bathing cap"
- Tin Foil hat
- topor - Bengali men's wedding headgear
- visor
- wedding veil
National dress; association with a country or people
- Aso Oke Hat - Yoruba people
- barretina - Catalan
- bearskin hat
- beret - French, Basque
- Bhatgaunle Topi - Nepal
- Breton, also Bretonne
- chupalla - Chilean
- clop - Romanian
- coolie hat
- coonskin hat - American frontiersman
- Cossack hat
- Dogon hat - Dogon people, West Africa
- fez
- feathered headdress
- Four Winds hat
- Fulani straw hat - Fula people, West Africa
- glengarry bonnet
- Għonnella or Faldetta - Maltese
- Haida hat
- Kofia - Swahili people, East Africa
- Kufi - West Africa
- Leopard cap - Igbo people, West Africa
- Mandarin hat - Chinese
- mokorotlo - Basotho/Lesotho
- Montenegrin cap - Montenegrins, Serbs
- Pakol - Pashtun people, Afghanistan
- Phrygian cap - Roman, French
- qeleshe - Albanian
- šajkača - Serbian
- salakot - Filipino
- sari - India
- Shripech - Traditional Crown of Monarch of Nepal
- slouch hat, also digger hat, Australian slouch hat
- songkok - Malaysia and Indonesia
- tam o'shanter - Scottish
- top hat - English
- topor - Bengali men's wedding headgear
- turban
- tuque or toque - Canadian, esp. French-Canadian/Québécois
- ushanka - Russian
- Welsh hat
- Zulu crown - Zulu people, Southern Africa, see kufi for information
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