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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #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 1930

girls
#138
1,598 births · 1 in 705 girls
boys
#3,022
8 births · 1 in 137,172 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #138Harriet1,598

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #3,022Harriet8
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 705 of them was named Harriet, which outranked 97.4% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harriet
  1. #135Bobbie1,765
  2. #136Claire1,654
  3. #137Mae1,650
  4. #138Harriet1,598
  5. #139Naomi1,594
  6. #140Stella1,570
  7. #141Darlene1,543
Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

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

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 137,172 of them was named Harriet, which outranked 33.5% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harriet
  1. #2,781Zebedee9
  2. #2,781Zenon9
  3. #2,781Zoltan9
  4. #3,022Harriet8
  5. #3,022Able8
  6. #3,022Achille8
  7. #3,022Admiral8
  8. #3,289Abdul7
  9. #3,289Ad7
  10. #3,289Addis7

Tied with 266 names at #3,022; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

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

See the top 100 for 1930