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Harriet

Pronounced /ˈhæɹiɛt/

Rank in 2024
#1,154
Born in 2024
208
Peak year
1921 · #114
Origin
Germanic

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 208 girls were named Harriet, about 1 in every 7,756.
  • It peaked in 1921 with 2,389 babies, ranked #114.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 90,076 girls have been named Harriet since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Harriet per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 1.8
    Greatest
  2. 1.2
    Silent
  3. 0.4
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 37,128 babies, 1.81 per 1,000. Silent: 25,257 babies, 1.22 per 1,000. Boomers: 13,890 babies, 0.39 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,931 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Millennials: 631 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 791 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,447 babies, 0.12 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Anglicized form of French Henriette, feminine form of Henri (“Henry”), popular in England in the 18th and 19th centuries.

  • A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Origin
Germanic
Say it
/ˈhæɹiɛt/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Harriet, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Harriett

    Rank
    #11,758
    Born '24
    8
    Origin
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    1880peak 19202024