Girls' name · since 1916
Harriot
Since 1916, U.S. Social Security records show 16 babies named Harriot, peaking in 1916. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #48,671 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Harriot sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 16 recorded since 1916.
Harriot has 16 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1947.
- #48,671 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1916
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harriot ranks #48,671 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1916, peaking in the 1910s.
- #48,671 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Harriot's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Harriot's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Harriot splits its recorded history at 1924: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1924 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1916 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Harriot popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1947
- Peak year (1916)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Harriot by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (6 births, 38% of the file).
1910s was Harriot's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Harriot births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 6 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Harriot's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 1940s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Harriot: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–1947 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Harriot draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.