Harriett

#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · Last seen for boys in 1940 at #3,459
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1880 · 83 births
Debut · girls
83 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
21,621
since 1880

Harriett over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Harriett has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #156, 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#6,54617
2024#11,1228
2023#7,64014
2022#11,2318
2021#9,56210
2020#12,1427
2019#8,13813
2018#7,40915
2017#12,7137
2016#10,11310
2015#10,14810
2014#7,63615
2013
2012#11,2579
2011#16,7645
2010#16,9925
2009
2008#12,5798
2007
2006#17,1685
2005
2004#16,0995
2003#13,8446
2002
2001#10,1029
2000#15,0315
1999#14,4115
1998#14,1225
1997#12,0706
1996#13,5185
1995#13,3865
1994#13,4305
1993#11,7806
1992#5,48417
1991#5,00419
1990#7,30311
1989#5,83614
1988#7,11110
1987#4,85716
1986#4,72416
1985#4,63516
1984#4,47816
1983#3,80620
1982#4,71615
1981#3,34025
1980#3,00229
1979#3,66821
1978#3,92418
1977#3,36622
1976#4,90512
1975#3,25921
1974#2,29034
1973#2,22335
1972#2,68026
1971#2,03541
1970#1,59959
1969#1,59156
1968#1,57553
1967#1,28171
1966#1,22577
1965#1,09791
1964#1,073103
1963#1,073101
1962#925131
1961#911141
1960#838152
1959#854143
1958#813153
1957#802159
1956#724178
1955#696182
1954#610221
1953#559244
1952#610204
1951#512262
1950#513252
1949#516250
1948#482277
1947#446335
1946#451295
1945#432274
1944#407309
1943#392344
1942#377356
1941#381320
1940#380304#3,4595
1939#381299
1938#344345
1937#352334
1936#368297
1935#386272
1934#390273
1933#383283
1932#371300
1931#367305
1930#372330
1929#374322
1928#347379
1927#336399
1926#343379
1925#309462
1924#301492
1923#283522
1922#286519
1921#284543
1920#270585
1919#277527
1918#267564
1917#266542
1916#268511
1915#275460
1914#274359
1913#293260
1912#278262
1911#294177
1910#290177
1909#305141
1908#332115
1907#287145
1906#287134
1905#312116
1904#319104
1903#293112
1902#304108
1901#300101
1900#267150
1899#266116
1898#245144
1897#261118
1896#243131
1895#244127
1894#249118
1893#241119
1892#252111
1891#241101
1890#228114
1889#227105
1888#207118
1887#22189
1886#20592
1885#22278
1884#170105
1883#17591
1882#16791
1881#15786
1880#15683
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Harriett was already there! It came in at #156, and was given to 83 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2002, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Harriett
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 4,576 spots since 2024 (#11,122#6,546)
  • 5,596 spots since 2020 (#12,142#6,546)
  • 3,602 spots since 2015 (#10,148#6,546)
  • Biggest jump: 51 spots in 1953 (#610#559)
  • Biggest drop: 148 spots in 1963 (#925#1,073)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #156 (83 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 91 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 83 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1880–1962
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,069
  • Highest: 1 in 1,069 girls born in 1881 were named Harriett (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #156 in 1880, was only 1 in 1,096 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 21.3% of all girls named Harriett (4,602) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s938#156 (1880)#191
1890s1,199#228 (1890)#247
1900s1,226#267 (1900)#301
1910s3,839#266 (1917)#278
1920s4,602#270 (1920)#313
1930s3,038#344 (1938)#371
1940s3,064#377 (1942)#426
1950s1,998#512 (1951)#669
1960s976#838 (1960)#1,159
1970s289#1,599 (1970)#2,995
1980s177#3,002 (1980)#4,651
1990s84#5,004 (1991)#11,051
2000s38#10,102 (2001)#14,137
2010s89#7,409 (2018)#11,241
2020s64#6,546 (2025)#9,707

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.

Harriett in 1918

girls
#267
564 births · 1 in 2,053 girls

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #267Harriett564
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 2,053 of them was named Harriett, which outranked 95.2% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harriett
  1. #264Amy573
  2. #265Elinor571
  3. #266Virgie566
  4. #267Harriett564
  5. #267Flossie564
  6. #267Ila564
  7. #270Lenora563
  8. #271Eugenia561
  9. #272Clarice548

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

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

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

See the top 100 for 1918