Harriet Girl
How popular is Harriet?
#1,071 girl name in 2025
226 baby girls were named Harriet in the US in 2025, making it the 1071st most popular girl name.
Harriet popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,071 for girls (▲ 78 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 226 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+24% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,307 in 2015, #1,074 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1921 (2,389 girls) |
| Highest rank | #73 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Harriet counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Harriet family of names ranked #875 for girls in 2025 (#970 the year before), with 255 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Harriet is most popular
Babies named Harriet per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 1.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Minnesota: 0.9 per 1,000 (96 girls)
- District of Columbia: 0.5 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Colorado: 0.4 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- Maine: 0.3 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Harriet by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,369 | #73 |
| 1890s | 4,171 | #102 |
| 1900s | 4,600 | #123 |
| 1910s | 15,598 | #104 |
| 1920s | 20,873 | #112 |
| 1930s | 13,692 | #138 |
| 1940s | 12,925 | #157 |
| 1950s | 7,129 | #246 |
| 1960s | 2,943 | #451 |
| 1970s | 851 | #819 |
| 1980s | 453 | #1,786 |
| 1990s | 345 | #2,825 |
| 2000s | 449 | #2,850 |
| 2010s | 1,570 | #988 |
| 2020s | 1,338 | #1,056 |
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Questions
- Is Harriet a boy or girl name?
- Harriet is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Harriet were girls.
- How popular is the name Harriet?
- 226 baby girls were named Harriet in the US in 2025, making it the 1071st most popular girl name.
- When was Harriet most popular?
- Harriet peaked in 1921, when 2,389 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #73 in 1880.
- How many people are named Harriet?
- 90,427 babies have been named Harriet in the US since 1880. We estimate about 25,813 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 76.
- Where is Harriet most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Harriet was most common in Vermont, at 1.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.