Harriet

#1,071 for girls in 2025, 226 births · Last seen for boys in 1956 at #3,942
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1880 · 319 births
Debut · girls
319 births
In top 100 · girls
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
90,306
since 1880

Harriet over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201896peak #73, 1880girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,071226
2024#1,149210
2023#1,129215
2022#1,129218
2021#1,056239
2020#1,074230
2019#988261
2018#1,039248
2017#1,165211
2016#1,353175
2015#1,307182
2014#1,624132
2013#1,646129
2012#2,13289
2011#2,17387
2010#3,01056
2009#3,08855
2008#4,26836
2007#2,93061
2006#2,85061
2005#3,40444
2004#4,38731
2003#3,34743
2002#3,52338
2001#3,19843
2000#3,52737
1999#3,56934
1998#2,84646
1997#3,71630
1996#3,30235
1995#3,15236
1994#3,61530
1993#3,87727
1992#2,83042
1991#3,54030
1990#3,15635
1989#2,65842
1988#3,16531
1987#2,61238
1986#2,42041
1985#2,22246
1984#2,38240
1983#2,09747
1982#1,78661
1981#2,06150
1980#1,88657
1979#2,11247
1978#1,72960
1977#1,60966
1976#1,63860
1975#1,38176
1974#1,16597
1973#1,33975
1972#1,16992
1971#1,098109
1970#819169
1969#832154
1968#846145
1967#635227
1966#675207
1965#559290
1964#595278
1963#518351
1962#492387
1961#468434
1960#451470
1959#418513
1958#411512
1957#386559
1956#360590#3,9425
1955#327693
1954#314721
1953#293801
1952#270882
1951#251924
1950#246934
1949#2251,102
1948#2191,116#3,6685
1947#2011,324
1946#1901,299#2,9197
1945#1761,175
1944#1691,263#3,1096
1943#1651,444
1942#1621,443
1941#1581,396
1940#1571,363
1939#1561,390
1938#1581,375
1937#1531,421#3,5185
1936#1541,332#2,8547
1935#1571,294
1934#1561,280#3,2776
1933#1521,236
1932#1491,351
1931#1431,415
1930#1381,598#3,0228
1929#1351,697#2,45211
1928#1331,785#2,8439
1927#1321,965#2,70310
1926#1331,986#3,7086
1925#1312,067
1924#1282,189
1923#1222,198#3,4677
1922#1172,237#4,3075
1921#1142,389#3,8696
1920#1122,360
1919#1132,168
1918#1062,345
1917#1042,203
1916#1062,067#2,9268
1915#1121,849
1914#1111,455
1913#1251,039
1912#1131,043
1911#115792
1910#126637
1909#135527#1,4405
1908#126548#1,3735
1907#138477
1906#127497
1905#144413
1904#132448
1903#134416
1902#140399
1901#123414
1900#134461
1899#113431
1898#110491
1897#128383
1896#110437
1895#113435
1894#114411
1893#105428
1892#111402
1891#111354
1890#102399
1889#99397
1888#99389
1887#94342
1886#99341
1885#89342
1884#91339
1883#82341
1882#90289
1881#85270
1880#73319
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Harriet was already there! It came in at #73, and was given to 319 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1993–1997, when fewer than 37 girls a year got the name.

See more about Harriet
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 78 spots since 2024 (#1,149#1,071)
  • 3 spots since 2020 (#1,074#1,071)
  • 236 spots since 2015 (#1,307#1,071)
  • Biggest jump: 51 spots in 2019 (#1,039#988)
  • Biggest drop: 279 spots in 1971 (#819#1,098)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #73 (319 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 88 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1880–1889
  • Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1880–1970
Share of babies · girls
1 in 285
  • Highest: 1 in 285 girls born in 1880 were named Harriet (0.35%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,112 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 23.1% of all girls named Harriet (20,873) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,369#73 (1880)#90
1890s4,171#102 (1890)#112
1900s4,600#123 (1901)#133
1910s15,598#104 (1917)#113
1920s20,873#112 (1920)#126
1930s13,692#138 (1930)#152
1940s12,925#157 (1940)#182
1950s7,129#246 (1950)#328
1960s2,943#451 (1960)#607
1970s851#819 (1970)#1,406
1980s453#1,786 (1982)#2,329
1990s345#2,830 (1992)#3,360
2000s449#2,850 (2006)#3,452
2010s1,570#988 (2019)#1,644
2020s1,338#1,056 (2021)#1,101

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Harriet in 1896

girls
#110
437 births · 1 in 544 girls

Top girls' names in 1896

  1. #1Mary13,811
  2. #2Anna5,860
  3. #3Helen4,392
  4. #4Margaret4,050
  5. #5Ruth3,905
  6. #6Ethel3,502
  7. #7Elizabeth3,471
  8. #8Florence3,323
  9. #9Marie3,087
  10. #10Emma2,872
  11. #110Harriet437
More about 1896

girls

237,918 girls got a published name in 1896; 1 in 544 of them was named Harriet, which outranked 94.0% of the 1,825 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harriet
  1. #107Etta484
  2. #108Theresa469
  3. #109Lola450
  4. #110Harriet437
  5. #110Caroline437
  6. #112Iva434
  7. #113Lela425
  8. #114Anne423

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1895
Risers
  1. 749Jeanie#1,592#843
  2. 698Vernice#1,426#728
  3. 689Buena#1,592#903
  4. 689Odell#1,592#903
  5. 642Albertina#1,592#950
Fallers
  1. 858Theodosia#725#1,583
  2. 794Dagmar#622#1,416
  3. 725Carl#858#1,583
  4. 691Palma#725#1,416
  5. 690Adline#893#1,583

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1896