NameTides

Harriet

Harriet was the #1,071 girls' name in the US in 2025 (226 babies), and #59 in England & Wales and #600 in Canada.

Harriet as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Harriet as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaUS
Harriet as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#1,071 (226)#59 (757)#140 (31)#177 (10)#226 (19)#600 (50)#91 (78)#53 (115)
2024#1,149 (210)#68 (667)#152 (28)#150 (13)#275 (15)#854 (33)#66 (105)#57 (109)
2023#1,129 (215)#62 (723)#133 (32)#193 (9)#212 (20)#639 (45)#69 (96)#54 (108)
2022#1,129 (218)#65 (764)#133 (32)#162 (12)#357 (11)#615 (46)#65 (109)#59 (104)
2021#1,056 (239)#63 (810)#177 (24)#237 (7)#363 (11)#481 (62)#64 (119)#54 (120)
2020#1,074 (230)#55 (882)#139 (31)#228 (7)#229 (19)#576 (50)#62 (112)#52 (117)
2019#988 (261)#49 (1,021)#117 (40)#107 (20)#271 (17)#663 (45)#67 (103)#53 (118)
2018#1,039 (248)#45 (1,128)#134 (36)#145 (15)#235 (20)#591 (51)#74 (90)#42 (110)
2017#1,165 (211)#51 (1,053)#146 (34)#122 (19)#260 (18)#720 (40)#64 (104)#42 (111)
2016#1,353 (175)#49 (1,132)#223 (19)#159 (14)#359 (12)#811 (34)#81 (92)#58 (84)
2015#1,307 (182)#56 (1,089)#173 (26)#144 (16)#378 (12)#910 (29)#84 (86)#62 (73)
2014#1,624 (132)#61 (1,016)#191 (24)#205 (9)#291 (17)#1,151 (22)#95 (72)#73 (69)
2013#1,646 (129)#61 (1,001)#223 (19)#370 (4)#315 (15)#1,364 (17)#96 (70)#89 (58)
2012#2,132 (89)#67 (904)#321 (13)#203 (9)#435 (10)#1,194 (21)—#100 (52)
2011#2,173 (87)#71 (809)#244 (18)#444 (3)#465 (9)#1,672 (13)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #73.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 7,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 330common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 580common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 730common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Harriet is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,800 to 1 in 8,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Harriet by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #679WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #502MNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: #863MINew York: #658NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #878OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,742CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #905NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: #119DCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,406TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Harriet (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#86713

Harriet (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HarrietCanadaGirls#60050
HarrietEngland & WalesGirls#59757
HarrietIrelandGirls#22619
HarrietNorthern IrelandGirls#17710
HarrietNSWGirls#9178
HarrietScotlandGirls#14031
HarrietUSGirls#1,071226
HarrietUSBoys—too few
HarrietVICGirls#53115