Girls' name · since 1949
Harvetta
Harvetta has 42 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1959 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #36,950 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
Harvetta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 42 recorded since 1949.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harvetta has been recorded 42 times among girls since 1949, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 1968.
- #36,950 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 42 born since 1949
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harvetta ranks #36,950 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 42 born since 1949, peaking in the 1960s.
- #36,950 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
Harvetta's 42 recorded births place it above 48.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Harvetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Harvetta splits its recorded history at 1961: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1949 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1959 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Harvetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1968
- Peak year (1959)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Harvetta by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (21 births, 50% of the file).
1960s was Harvetta's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Harvetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
16 births
- 1960s
1960s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 21 births (50% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Harvetta: 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, 1949–1968 (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 Harvetta 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.