first name
HARRIETT
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,611 people named Harriett, 68.1% reported their origin as White, 27.6% as Black and 1.8% as two or more races. 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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Harriett peaked in 1920, when 585 babies got the name.
At least 21,626 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.
Harriett by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #337. The largest share of babies named Harriett, 40.8%, 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 Harriett is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Harriett has been most common in South Carolina (4.2×), Iowa (2.9×), and Georgia (2.2×), and least common in Louisiana (0.11×).
15,078 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 Harriett
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Harriett, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Harriett ranks #90,848 of 156,621, with 218 people. See Harriett as a last name
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