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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #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.

Where Harriett is popular in 1938

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedAKMaine: #189 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,041 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedMNIllinois: #255 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,400 girlsILWisconsin: #337 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,775 girlsWIMichigan: #253 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,349 girlsMINew York: #428 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 6,581 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedSDIowa: #227 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,101 girlsIAIndiana: #277 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,896 girlsINOhio: #305 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,405 girlsOHPennsylvania: #302 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,380 girlsPANew Jersey: #361 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,940 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #340 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,783 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedUTColorado: #263 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,777 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedNEMissouri: #252 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,917 girlsMOKentucky: #401 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,032 girlsKYWest Virginia: #279 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,116 girlsWVVirginia: #231 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,589 girlsVAMaryland: #173 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,036 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedNMKansas: #244 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,757 girlsKSArkansas: #384 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,119 girlsARTennessee: #325 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,014 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #313 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,843 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #262 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,863 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #375 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,904 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedMSAlabama: #342 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,932 girlsALGeorgia: #244 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,467 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Harriett, so not publishedHITexas: #458 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,607 girlsTXFlorida: #262 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,508 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maryland#173 · 1 in 1,036
  2. Maine#189 · 1 in 1,041
  3. Iowa#227 · 1 in 2,101
  4. Virginia#231 · 1 in 1,589
  5. Georgia#244 · 1 in 1,467

Best ever in a state: #80 in Delaware, 1915.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maryland#173121 in 1,036
Maine#18961 in 1,041
Iowa#22791 in 2,101
Virginia#231151 in 1,589
Georgia#244211 in 1,467
Kansas#24471 in 1,757
Missouri#252141 in 1,917
Michigan#253181 in 2,349
Illinois#255231 in 2,400
Florida#26291 in 1,508
South Carolina#262111 in 1,863
Colorado#26351 in 1,777
Indiana#27791 in 2,896
West Virginia#27991 in 2,116
Pennsylvania#302221 in 3,380
Ohio#305151 in 3,405
North Carolina#313131 in 2,843
Tennessee#32591 in 3,014
Wisconsin#33751 in 4,775
California#340161 in 2,783
Alabama#342101 in 2,932
New Jersey#36151 in 4,940
Oklahoma#37571 in 2,904
Arkansas#38461 in 3,119
Kentucky#40171 in 4,032
New York#428131 in 6,581
Texas#458161 in 3,607
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Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1938

girls
#344
345 births · 1 in 3,198 girls

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #344Harriett345
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 3,198 of them was named Harriett, which outranked 93.1% of the 4,995 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. #340Earline352
  2. #342Polly351
  3. #343Isabel350
  4. #344Harriett345
  5. #344Arline345
  6. #346Lupe344
  7. #347Ilene343
  8. #348Jewell342

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

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. 2,209Danielle#2,940#731
  2. 833Lorelei#1,451#618
  3. 623Helaine#1,493#870
  4. 399Janine#1,330#931
  5. 392Imelda#1,282#890
Fallers
  1. 1,261Noreta#964#2,225
  2. 513Norita#532#1,045
  3. 432Noretta#856#1,288
  4. 366Ferne#950#1,316
  5. 327Verdell#904#1,231

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

See the top 100 for 1938