How Many People Are Named Harriett?
people named Harriett are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 59,204 people in the US has this name
Based on 21,626 babies named Harriett in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
585 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of HARRIET.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Harriett in English. Counting Harriett and these spellings together, about 32,325 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Harriett in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Harriett alive today is about 71 years old, and 84% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 65 and 82 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Harriett first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 585 babies. In 2025, 17 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Harriett has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #156, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #6,640.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,640 |
| Best rank | #156 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #312 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Harriett alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Harriett were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 484 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Harriett was given 3.1 times as often in South Carolina, 2.2 times in Florida and 2.1 times in Georgia.
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