first name
HARRIET
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 30,360 people named Harriet, 78.7% reported their origin as White, 15.3% as Black and 2.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Harriet peaked in 1921, when 2,395 babies got the name.
At least 90,427 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Harriet by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #146. The largest share of babies named Harriet, 41.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Harriet is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Harriet has been most common in Hawaii (3.4×), North Dakota (2.6×), and Minnesota (2.3×), and least common in New Mexico (0.09×).
74,282 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Harriet
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Harriet, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Harriet ranks #82,881 of 156,621, with 245 people. See Harriet as a last name
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