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.
Where Harriet is popular in 1923
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Hawaii#38 · 1 in 155
- Minnesota#40 · 1 in 166
- Wyoming#48 · 1 in 159
- Wisconsin#57 · 1 in 213
- Vermont#58 · 1 in 197
Best ever in a state: #23 in Hawaii, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #38 | 22 | 1 in 155 |
| Minnesota | #40 | 138 | 1 in 166 |
| Wyoming | #48 | 11 | 1 in 159 |
| Wisconsin | #57 | 117 | 1 in 213 |
| Vermont | #58 | 13 | 1 in 197 |
| Montana | #63 | 18 | 1 in 232 |
| New York | #68 | 385 | 1 in 259 |
| New Jersey | #76 | 105 | 1 in 301 |
| Illinois | #81 | 186 | 1 in 319 |
| Rhode Island | #81 | 17 | 1 in 336 |
| South Dakota | #86 | 22 | 1 in 289 |
| North Dakota | #88 | 23 | 1 in 285 |
| Pennsylvania | #97 | 208 | 1 in 463 |
| Michigan | #98 | 98 | 1 in 392 |
| New Hampshire | #102 | 9 | 1 in 378 |
| Massachusetts | #103 | 74 | 1 in 493 |
| Ohio | #103 | 114 | 1 in 491 |
| Nebraska | #104 | 30 | 1 in 409 |
| Iowa | #108 | 46 | 1 in 465 |
| Oregon | #109 | 16 | 1 in 376 |
| Connecticut | #110 | 26 | 1 in 488 |
| Maine | #111 | 16 | 1 in 417 |
| Indiana | #113 | 51 | 1 in 528 |
| Maryland | #113 | 26 | 1 in 557 |
| Washington | #117 | 18 | 1 in 551 |
| District of Columbia | #118 | 6 | 1 in 578 |
| Kansas | #124 | 32 | 1 in 519 |
| Colorado | #126 | 18 | 1 in 499 |
| South Carolina | #145 | 35 | 1 in 677 |
| Virginia | #149 | 35 | 1 in 807 |
| California | #153 | 47 | 1 in 726 |
| Florida | #172 | 15 | 1 in 789 |
| Georgia | #188 | 33 | 1 in 1,044 |
| Utah | #197 | 6 | 1 in 845 |
| West Virginia | #204 | 16 | 1 in 1,294 |
| Missouri | #206 | 23 | 1 in 1,351 |
| North Carolina | #226 | 26 | 1 in 1,510 |
| Kentucky | #234 | 20 | 1 in 1,506 |
| Louisiana | #251 | 17 | 1 in 1,353 |
| Tennessee | #290 | 12 | 1 in 2,373 |
| Arkansas | #297 | 11 | 1 in 1,858 |
| Alabama | #306 | 13 | 1 in 2,398 |
| Mississippi | #325 | 9 | 1 in 2,489 |
| Texas | #426 | 21 | 1 in 2,773 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
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 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 1923
Top girls' names in 1923
Top boys' names in 1923
More about 1923
girls
1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 549 of them was named Harriet, which outranked 97.9% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 156,586 of them was named Harriet, which outranked 29.3% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,175Wilmon8
- #3,175Wirt8
- #3,175Yancy8
- #3,467Harriet7
- #3,467Ad7
- #3,467Adelaido7
- #3,467Adelino7
- #3,822Abb6
- #3,822Able6
- #3,822Adams6
Tied with 354 names at #3,467; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.