Harriette
Harriette was given to 12 girls in 2025, #8,546 among girls’ names; 8,740 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,050 Americans named Harriette and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (24% of everyone recorded); the median is 77 years old and half are between 67 and 83.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Harriette by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Harriette mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Harriette is “a female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Harriet.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Harriette?
#8,546 among girls’ names, 2025
Harriette entered the girls’ rankings after 2015 and stood at #8,546 in 2025.
281 babies in 1917, the peak
Harriette peaked in 1917, when 281 girls were given it, #380 among girls’ names. The 12 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,546 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 6 | #14,082 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,605 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,271 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 5 | #16,123 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,628 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 6 | #14,426 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,802 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 8 | #12,168 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 12 | #9,178 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (119)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | #17,526 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 6 | #15,502 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,812 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 5 | #16,363 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,326 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,933 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,070 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,823 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,613 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,448 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,383 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,178 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,155 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,563 | under 0.01 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,445 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,277 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,958 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,386 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,329 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,046 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 24 | #2,569 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,905 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,611 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 29 | #2,221 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 32 | #2,123 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,902 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 50 | #1,598 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,679 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 41 | #1,772 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,652 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,563 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 52 | #1,477 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 61 | #1,332 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 61 | #1,294 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 64 | #1,242 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 81 | #1,071 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 93 | #975 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 78 | #1,052 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 106 | #860 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 113 | #823 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 106 | #848 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 137 | #730 | 0.08 |
| 1946 | 119 | #753 | 0.08 |
| 1945 | 142 | #605 | 0.11 |
| 1944 | 112 | #713 | 0.08 |
| 1943 | 140 | #643 | 0.10 |
| 1942 | 158 | #590 | 0.12 |
| 1941 | 137 | #603 | 0.11 |
| 1940 | 131 | #611 | 0.11 |
| 1939 | 119 | #619 | 0.11 |
| 1938 | 120 | #625 | 0.11 |
| 1937 | 133 | #584 | 0.12 |
| 1936 | 132 | #572 | 0.13 |
| 1935 | 123 | #583 | 0.12 |
| 1934 | 120 | #599 | 0.11 |
| 1933 | 100 | #657 | 0.10 |
| 1932 | 125 | #588 | 0.12 |
| 1931 | 125 | #591 | 0.12 |
| 1930 | 121 | #630 | 0.11 |
| 1929 | 145 | #570 | 0.13 |
| 1928 | 146 | #583 | 0.13 |
| 1927 | 168 | #546 | 0.14 |
| 1926 | 175 | #529 | 0.15 |
| 1925 | 216 | #472 | 0.18 |
| 1924 | 224 | #464 | 0.18 |
| 1923 | 280 | #400 | 0.23 |
| 1922 | 265 | #405 | 0.22 |
| 1921 | 270 | #413 | 0.22 |
| 1920 | 274 | #400 | 0.23 |
| 1919 | 249 | #410 | 0.22 |
| 1918 | 264 | #404 | 0.23 |
| 1917 | 281 | #380 | 0.26 |
| 1916 | 203 | #443 | 0.19 |
| 1915 | 231 | #395 | 0.23 |
| 1914 | 188 | #387 | 0.25 |
| 1913 | 145 | #408 | 0.23 |
| 1912 | 126 | #413 | 0.23 |
| 1911 | 77 | #471 | 0.18 |
| 1910 | 79 | #453 | 0.20 |
| 1909 | 69 | #449 | 0.20 |
| 1908 | 59 | #470 | 0.18 |
| 1907 | 51 | #500 | 0.16 |
| 1906 | 39 | #567 | 0.13 |
| 1905 | 51 | #479 | 0.17 |
| 1904 | 33 | #589 | 0.12 |
| 1903 | 39 | #518 | 0.15 |
| 1902 | 32 | #585 | 0.12 |
| 1901 | 35 | #515 | 0.15 |
| 1900 | 46 | #501 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 35 | #502 | 0.15 |
| 1898 | 36 | #522 | 0.14 |
| 1897 | 39 | #467 | 0.17 |
| 1896 | 32 | #529 | 0.13 |
| 1895 | 34 | #504 | 0.15 |
| 1894 | 32 | #509 | 0.14 |
| 1893 | 24 | #584 | 0.11 |
| 1892 | 33 | #472 | 0.16 |
| 1891 | 33 | #443 | 0.18 |
| 1890 | 18 | #625 | 0.09 |
| 1889 | 25 | #501 | 0.14 |
| 1888 | 19 | #583 | 0.11 |
| 1887 | 25 | #452 | 0.17 |
| 1886 | 22 | #468 | 0.15 |
| 1885 | 25 | #419 | 0.19 |
| 1884 | 16 | #529 | 0.12 |
| 1883 | 21 | #417 | 0.19 |
| 1882 | 27 | #345 | 0.25 |
| 1881 | 22 | #351 | 0.24 |
| 1880 | 19 | #378 | 0.21 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Harriette a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Harriette has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 119 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Harriette: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Harriette, and how old are they?
2,050 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 24% of the 8,740 Americans ever recorded as Harriette. The median Harriette alive today is 77 years old; half are between 67 and 83.
The 2020 Census counted 2,581 people named Harriette (2,579 women and girls, 2 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,662 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 696 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,020 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 185 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 29 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 17 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 86 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Harriette born?
The states with the most babies named Harriette are New York, Illinois and Georgia, with 37% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 798 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 547 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Georgia | 474 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| South Carolina | 320 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 288 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 257 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 233 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 199 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| California | 190 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Virginia | 188 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Harriette is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Harriette is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Harriette with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 9,458 babies since 1880, Harriette is the most given (92% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Harriette
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Harriette and names like it
- Compare Harriette and HarriettaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sHarriette peaked in 1917.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Harriette since 1910.
- The top names of 1917The year the most babies were named Harriette.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Harriette alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with HMost given first.