Harriet is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1921 and has since faded.
Harriet is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,073 for girl births in the United States (and #2,043 across all names), given to 226 babies. Harriet was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (2,389 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 226 | 226 | #1,073 | — |
| 2024 | 210 | 210 | #1,151 | — |
| 2023 | 215 | 215 | #1,131 | — |
| 2022 | 218 | 218 | #1,129 | — |
| 2021 | 239 | 239 | #1,056 | — |
| 2020 | 230 | 230 | #1,076 | — |
| 2019 | 261 | 261 | #991 | — |
| 2018 | 248 | 248 | #1,040 | — |
| 2017 | 211 | 211 | #1,169 | — |
| 2016 | 175 | 175 | #1,356 | — |
| 2015 | 182 | 182 | #1,307 | — |
| 2014 | 132 | 132 | #1,627 | — |
| 2013 | 129 | 129 | #1,649 | — |
| 2012 | 89 | 89 | #2,136 | — |
| 2011 | 87 | 87 | #2,178 | — |
| 2010 | 56 | 56 | #3,020 | — |
| 2009 | 55 | 55 | #3,106 | — |
| 2008 | 36 | 36 | #4,304 | — |
| 2007 | 61 | 61 | #2,944 | — |
| 2006 | 61 | 61 | #2,865 | — |
| 2005 | 44 | 44 | #3,424 | — |
| 2004 | 31 | 31 | #4,427 | — |
| 2003 | 43 | 43 | #3,378 | — |
| 2002 | 38 | 38 | #3,543 | — |
| 2001 | 43 | 43 | #3,216 | — |
| 2000 | 37 | 37 | #3,546 | — |
| 1999 | 34 | 34 | #3,594 | — |
| 1998 | 46 | 46 | #2,860 | — |
| 1997 | 30 | — | #3,744 | — |
| 1996 | 35 | — | #3,318 | — |
| 1995 | 36 | — | #3,171 | — |
| 1994 | 30 | — | #3,646 | — |
| 1993 | 27 | — | #3,910 | — |
| 1992 | 42 | — | #2,841 | — |
| 1991 | 30 | — | #3,565 | — |
| 1990 | 35 | — | #3,177 | — |
| 1989 | 42 | — | #2,682 | — |
| 1988 | 31 | — | #3,181 | — |
| 1987 | 38 | — | #2,625 | — |
| 1986 | 41 | — | #2,430 | — |
| 1985 | 46 | — | #2,232 | — |
| 1984 | 40 | — | #2,393 | — |
| 1983 | 47 | — | #2,108 | — |
| 1982 | 61 | — | #1,792 | — |
| 1981 | 50 | — | #2,066 | — |
| 1980 | 57 | — | #1,891 | — |
| 1979 | 47 | — | #2,123 | — |
| 1978 | 60 | — | #1,735 | — |
| 1977 | 66 | — | #1,615 | — |
| 1976 | 60 | — | #1,644 | — |
| 1975 | 76 | — | #1,386 | — |
| 1974 | 97 | — | #1,167 | — |
| 1973 | 75 | — | #1,344 | — |
| 1972 | 92 | — | #1,173 | — |
| 1971 | 109 | — | #1,101 | — |
| 1970 | 169 | — | #819 | — |
| 1969 | 154 | — | #834 | — |
| 1968 | 145 | — | #849 | — |
| 1967 | 227 | — | #636 | — |
| 1966 | 207 | — | #676 | — |
| 1965 | 290 | — | #559 | — |
| 1964 | 278 | — | #596 | — |
| 1963 | 351 | — | #518 | — |
| 1962 | 387 | — | #492 | — |
| 1961 | 434 | — | #468 | — |
| 1960 | 470 | — | #451 | — |
| 1959 | 513 | — | #418 | — |
| 1958 | 512 | — | #411 | — |
| 1957 | 559 | — | #386 | — |
| 1956 | 595 | — | #360 | #4,168 |
| 1955 | 693 | — | #327 | — |
| 1954 | 721 | — | #314 | — |
| 1953 | 801 | — | #293 | — |
| 1952 | 882 | — | #270 | — |
| 1951 | 924 | — | #251 | — |
| 1950 | 934 | — | #246 | — |
| 1949 | 1,102 | — | #225 | — |
| 1948 | 1,121 | — | #219 | #3,890 |
| 1947 | 1,324 | — | #201 | — |
| 1946 | 1,306 | — | #190 | #3,013 |
| 1945 | 1,175 | — | #176 | — |
| 1944 | 1,269 | — | #169 | #3,262 |
| 1943 | 1,444 | — | #165 | — |
| 1942 | 1,443 | — | #162 | — |
| 1941 | 1,396 | — | #158 | — |
| 1940 | 1,363 | — | #157 | — |
| 1939 | 1,390 | — | #156 | — |
| 1938 | 1,375 | — | #158 | — |
| 1937 | 1,426 | — | #154 | #3,751 |
| 1936 | 1,339 | — | #154 | #3,001 |
| 1935 | 1,294 | — | #157 | — |
| 1934 | 1,286 | — | #156 | #3,456 |
| 1933 | 1,236 | — | #152 | — |
| 1932 | 1,351 | — | #149 | — |
| 1931 | 1,415 | — | #143 | — |
| 1930 | 1,606 | — | #138 | #3,136 |
| 1929 | 1,708 | — | #135 | #2,503 |
| 1928 | 1,794 | — | #133 | #2,932 |
| 1927 | 1,975 | — | #132 | #2,792 |
| 1926 | 1,992 | — | #133 | #3,912 |
| 1925 | 2,067 | — | #131 | — |
| 1924 | 2,189 | — | #128 | — |
| 1923 | 2,205 | — | #122 | #3,621 |
| 1922 | 2,242 | — | #117 | #4,581 |
| 1921 | 2,395 | — | #114 | #4,067 |
| 1920 | 2,360 | — | #112 | — |
| 1919 | 2,168 | — | #113 | — |
| 1918 | 2,345 | — | #106 | — |
| 1917 | 2,203 | — | #104 | — |
| 1916 | 2,075 | — | #106 | #3,032 |
| 1915 | 1,849 | — | #112 | — |
| 1914 | 1,455 | — | #111 | — |
| 1913 | 1,039 | — | #125 | — |
| 1912 | 1,043 | — | #113 | — |
| 1911 | 792 | — | #115 | — |
| 1910 | 637 | — | #126 | — |
| 1909 | 532 | — | #135 | #1,560 |
| 1908 | 553 | — | #126 | #1,483 |
| 1907 | 477 | — | #138 | — |
| 1906 | 497 | — | #127 | — |
| 1905 | 413 | — | #144 | — |
| 1904 | 448 | — | #132 | — |
| 1903 | 416 | — | #135 | — |
| 1902 | 399 | — | #140 | — |
| 1901 | 414 | — | #123 | — |
| 1900 | 461 | — | #134 | — |
| 1899 | 431 | — | #114 | — |
| 1898 | 491 | — | #110 | — |
| 1897 | 383 | — | #128 | — |
| 1896 | 437 | — | #111 | — |
| 1895 | 435 | — | #113 | — |
| 1894 | 411 | — | #114 | — |
| 1893 | 428 | — | #105 | — |
| 1892 | 402 | — | #111 | — |
| 1891 | 354 | — | #111 | — |
| 1890 | 399 | — | #102 | — |
| 1889 | 397 | — | #99 | — |
| 1888 | 389 | — | #99 | — |
| 1887 | 342 | — | #94 | — |
| 1886 | 341 | — | #99 | — |
| 1885 | 342 | — | #89 | — |
| 1884 | 339 | — | #91 | — |
| 1883 | 341 | — | #82 | — |
| 1882 | 289 | — | #90 | — |
| 1881 | 270 | — | #85 | — |
| 1880 | 319 | — | #73 | — |