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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201904peak #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 1904

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1904

girls
#319
104 births · 1 in 2,648 girls

Top girls' names in 1904

  1. #1Mary14,961
  2. #2Helen6,488
  3. #3Anna5,330
  4. #4Margaret5,302
  5. #5Ruth4,900
  6. #6Elizabeth3,833
  7. #7Marie3,595
  8. #8Florence3,572
  9. #9Mildred3,525
  10. #10Dorothy3,477
  11. #319Harriett104
More about 1904

girls

275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 2,648 of them was named Harriett, which outranked 85.3% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harriett
  1. #315Pansy106
  2. #317Lily105
  3. #317Rosetta105
  4. #319Harriett104
  5. #320Louisa103
  6. #321Dolly102
  7. #321Erna102
Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. ↑ 882Electa#1,592 → #710
  2. ↑ 882Edris#1,792 → #910
  3. ↑ 827Lannie#1,792 → #965
  4. ↑ 827Madalyn#1,792 → #965
  5. ↑ 800Amber#1,440 → #640
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,041Genie#836 → #1,877
  2. ↓ 981Doshie#896 → #1,877
  3. ↓ 981Matilde#896 → #1,877
  4. ↓ 908Aida#969 → #1,877
  5. ↓ 908Silvia#969 → #1,877

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

See the top 100 for 1904 →