Harriette
Harriette is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 345th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1917281 births
- Best rank
- #345in 1882
- Since 1880
- 8,728people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,728 girls have been named Harriette in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1917, with 281 births.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 281 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1926, and the 1920s alone account for 25%. It has spent 72 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Harriette | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 221 | |
| 1890s | 316 | |
| 1900s | 454 | |
| 1910s | 1,843 | |
| 1920s | 2,163 | |
| 1930s | 1,218 | |
| 1940s | 1,295 | |
| 1950s | 687 | |
| 1960s | 321 | |
| 1970s | 81 | |
| 1980s | 26 | |
| 1990s | 11 | |
| 2000s | 11 | |
| 2010s | 45 | |
| 2020s | 36 |
In 1917, its biggest year
Harriette was the 380th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1917 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1917.
Names that rose and fell with Harriette
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Louisepeak 1921
- Margaretpeak 1921
- Elnorapeak 1924
- Winifredpeak 1918
- Francespeak 1918
- Ethelynpeak 1920
- Josephinepeak 1918
- Eldorapeak 1923
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.