Recorded 1988–2018 Girls' name Peak 1999 120 births

Harneet — girls' name

120 babies named Harneet in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s71990s302000s582010s25
2000s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Harneet was born in this single decade.

1999
Single peak year

11 babies were named Harneet in 1999 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Harneet

The Social Security Administration has registered 120 babies named Harneet between 1988 and 2018, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Harneet currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Harneet performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Harneet shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Harneet in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Harneet in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 120 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Harneet at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

120

Since 1988

31 years of records

Peak year

1999

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1988

Recorded for 31 years

Last year on file: 2018

Harneet popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1988

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (1999)
11
Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
4681012 201820142009200720032001199819931988 7

Harneet by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
58 births that decade — 48% of Harneet's all-time total
1980s71990s302000s582010s25

Harneet by state

Where Harneet concentrates geographically — total births since 1988

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Harneet
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
36 30.0%
California share of Harneet's total US births 30.0%

36 of 120 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Harneet?
120 babies have been named Harneet since 1988. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 1999 with 11 births.
When was Harneet most popular?
Harneet was most popular in the 2000s decade with 58 total births. The single peak year was 1999.
Where is Harneet most popular?
The top states for the name Harneet are California (36 births).
How long has the name Harneet been used?
Harneet has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 31 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Harneet?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Harper, Harriet, Harmony, Harley, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.