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
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 319 births
- Debut · girls
- 319 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 90,306since 1880
Harriet over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,071 | 226 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,149 | 210 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,129 | 215 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,129 | 218 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,056 | 239 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,074 | 230 | — | |
| 2019 | #988 | 261 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,039 | 248 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,165 | 211 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,353 | 175 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,307 | 182 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,624 | 132 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,646 | 129 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,132 | 89 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,173 | 87 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,010 | 56 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,088 | 55 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,268 | 36 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,930 | 61 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,850 | 61 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,404 | 44 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,387 | 31 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,347 | 43 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,523 | 38 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,198 | 43 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,527 | 37 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,569 | 34 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,846 | 46 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,716 | 30 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,302 | 35 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,152 | 36 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,615 | 30 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,877 | 27 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,830 | 42 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,540 | 30 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,156 | 35 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,658 | 42 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,165 | 31 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,612 | 38 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,420 | 41 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,222 | 46 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,382 | 40 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,097 | 47 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,786 | 61 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,061 | 50 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,886 | 57 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,112 | 47 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,729 | 60 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,609 | 66 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,638 | 60 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,381 | 76 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,165 | 97 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,339 | 75 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,169 | 92 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,098 | 109 | — | |
| 1970 | #819 | 169 | — | |
| 1969 | #832 | 154 | — | |
| 1968 | #846 | 145 | — | |
| 1967 | #635 | 227 | — | |
| 1966 | #675 | 207 | — | |
| 1965 | #559 | 290 | — | |
| 1964 | #595 | 278 | — | |
| 1963 | #518 | 351 | — | |
| 1962 | #492 | 387 | — | |
| 1961 | #468 | 434 | — | |
| 1960 | #451 | 470 | — | |
| 1959 | #418 | 513 | — | |
| 1958 | #411 | 512 | — | |
| 1957 | #386 | 559 | — | |
| 1956 | #360 | 590 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #327 | 693 | — | |
| 1954 | #314 | 721 | — | |
| 1953 | #293 | 801 | — | |
| 1952 | #270 | 882 | — | |
| 1951 | #251 | 924 | — | |
| 1950 | #246 | 934 | — | |
| 1949 | #225 | 1,102 | — | |
| 1948 | #219 | 1,116 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #201 | 1,324 | — | |
| 1946 | #190 | 1,299 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #176 | 1,175 | — | |
| 1944 | #169 | 1,263 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #165 | 1,444 | — | |
| 1942 | #162 | 1,443 | — | |
| 1941 | #158 | 1,396 | — | |
| 1940 | #157 | 1,363 | — | |
| 1939 | #156 | 1,390 | — | |
| 1938 | #158 | 1,375 | — | |
| 1937 | #153 | 1,421 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #154 | 1,332 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #157 | 1,294 | — | |
| 1934 | #156 | 1,280 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #152 | 1,236 | — | |
| 1932 | #149 | 1,351 | — | |
| 1931 | #143 | 1,415 | — | |
| 1930 | #138 | 1,598 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #135 | 1,697 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #133 | 1,785 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #132 | 1,965 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #133 | 1,986 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #131 | 2,067 | — | |
| 1924 | #128 | 2,189 | — | |
| 1923 | #122 | 2,198 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #117 | 2,237 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #114 | 2,389 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #112 | 2,360 | — | |
| 1919 | #113 | 2,168 | — | |
| 1918 | #106 | 2,345 | — | |
| 1917 | #104 | 2,203 | — | |
| 1916 | #106 | 2,067 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #112 | 1,849 | — | |
| 1914 | #111 | 1,455 | — | |
| 1913 | #125 | 1,039 | — | |
| 1912 | #113 | 1,043 | — | |
| 1911 | #115 | 792 | — | |
| 1910 | #126 | 637 | — | |
| 1909 | #135 | 527 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #126 | 548 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #138 | 477 | — | |
| 1906 | #127 | 497 | — | |
| 1905 | #144 | 413 | — | |
| 1904 | #132 | 448 | — | |
| 1903 | #134 | 416 | — | |
| 1902 | #140 | 399 | — | |
| 1901 | #123 | 414 | — | |
| 1900 | #134 | 461 | — | |
| 1899 | #113 | 431 | — | |
| 1898 | #110 | 491 | — | |
| 1897 | #128 | 383 | — | |
| 1896 | #110 | 437 | — | |
| 1895 | #113 | 435 | — | |
| 1894 | #114 | 411 | — | |
| 1893 | #105 | 428 | — | |
| 1892 | #111 | 402 | — | |
| 1891 | #111 | 354 | — | |
| 1890 | #102 | 399 | — | |
| 1889 | #99 | 397 | — | |
| 1888 | #99 | 389 | — | |
| 1887 | #94 | 342 | — | |
| 1886 | #99 | 341 | — | |
| 1885 | #89 | 342 | — | |
| 1884 | #91 | 339 | — | |
| 1883 | #82 | 341 | — | |
| 1882 | #90 | 289 | — | |
| 1881 | #85 | 270 | — | |
| 1880 | #73 | 319 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #73 (319 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 88 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1880–1889
- Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1880–1970
- Highest: 1 in 285 girls born in 1880 were named Harriet (0.35%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,112 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 23.1% of all girls named Harriet (20,873) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,369 | #73 (1880) | #90 |
| 1890s | 4,171 | #102 (1890) | #112 |
| 1900s | 4,600 | #123 (1901) | #133 |
| 1910s | 15,598 | #104 (1917) | #113 |
| 1920s | 20,873 | #112 (1920) | #126 |
| 1930s | 13,692 | #138 (1930) | #152 |
| 1940s | 12,925 | #157 (1940) | #182 |
| 1950s | 7,129 | #246 (1950) | #328 |
| 1960s | 2,943 | #451 (1960) | #607 |
| 1970s | 851 | #819 (1970) | #1,406 |
| 1980s | 453 | #1,786 (1982) | #2,329 |
| 1990s | 345 | #2,830 (1992) | #3,360 |
| 2000s | 449 | #2,850 (2006) | #3,452 |
| 2010s | 1,570 | #988 (2019) | #1,644 |
| 2020s | 1,338 | #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 1937
Top girls' names in 1937
Top boys' names in 1937
More about 1937
girls
1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 749 of them was named Harriet, which outranked 96.9% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 213,332 of them was named Harriet, which outranked 12.5% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 502 names at #3,518; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.