Harriett

Where Harriett comes from

Harriett hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1758
    Harriett Abrams born
    English musician, singer, composer
  2. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #156 among girls with 83 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  3. 1960
    Harriett Baldwin born
    British politician
  4. 1971
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,035.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Harriett Abrams · English musician, singer, composer, 1758–1821
  • Harriett Baldwin · British politician, born 1960
  • Harriett Woods · American politician, 1927–2007
  • Harriett L. Stanley · American politician, born 1950
  • Harriett Litchfield · English actress, 1777–1854

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.