Harriet — #1153 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Harriet

The Social Security Administration has registered 90,076 babies named Harriet between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Harriet currently holds the #1153 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 2,389 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Harriet performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 20,873 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Harriet shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12,911 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Harriet in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Harriet 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 90,076 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.