How Many People Are Named Harriet?
people named Harriet are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 13,996 people in the US has this name
Based on 90,427 babies named Harriet in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,395 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
English form of HENRIETTE, and thus a feminine form of HARRY. It was first used in the 17th century, becoming very common in the English-speaking world by the 18th century. A famous bearer was Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), the American author who wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Harriet in English. Counting Harriet and these spellings together, about 32,325 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Harriet (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Harriet alive today is about 66 years old, and 77% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 82 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Harriet first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 2,395 babies. In 2025, 226 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Harriet never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #73, in 1880, and it was in the top 100 for 10 years, 1880 to 1889. In 2025 it ranked #1,073.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,073 |
| Best rank | #73 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | 10 (1880 to 1889) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #130 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Harriet alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Harriet were born in New York than in any other state: about 3,551 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Harriet was given 3.6 times as often in Hawaii, 2.2 times in Minnesota and 1.9 times in New York.
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