Harriet

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #1,071in 2025
  • 1 in 7,111girls in 2025
  • +38%last ten years
  • 5.8×in Minnesota

Most popular in 1880, the first year on record, and up 38% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,7533,50618801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Harriet, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18803,506
18812,936
18822,680
18833,036
18842,628
18852,570
18862,359
18872,343
18882,178
18892,226
18902,096
18911,909
18921,893
18932,010
18941,844
18951,862
18961,837
18971,635
18981,897
18991,850
19001,538
19011,730
19021,511
19031,588
19041,627
19051,416
19061,683
19071,497
19081,639
19091,518
19101,607
19111,893
19121,869
19131,664
19141,910
19151,879
19161,979
19172,037
19182,026
19191,918
19201,969
19211,937
19221,863
19231,822
19241,753
19251,698
19261,675
19271,648
19281,548
19291,520
19301,419
19311,329
19321,266
19331,226
19341,226
19351,234
19361,280
19371,335
19381,246
19391,268
19401,192
19411,156
19421,068
19431,035
1944952
1945899
1946827
1947747
1948657
1949644
1950545
1951513
1952476
1953426
1954371
1955354
1956294
1957273
1958255
1959254
1960232
1961215
1962197
1963182
1964147
1965164
1966122
1967137
196888
196991
197097
197166
197260
197351
197466
197552
197641
197743
197839
197929
198034
198130
198236
198328
198424
198527
198624
198722
198817
198923
199018
199116
199223
199315
199417
199520
199620
199717
199826
199919
200020
200124
200221
200324
200417
200524
200632
200732
200819
200930
201032
201149
201251
201374
201474
2015102
201699
2017122
2018146
2019156
2020142
2021146
2022133
2023134
2024130
2025141

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Minnesota 5.8×
  2. New York 2.0×
  3. North Carolina 1.6×
  4. California 0.6×
  5. Texas 0.6×

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More like it

More like Harriet

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
226
Rank in 2025
#1,071
How rare
1 in 7,111 girls
Since 1880
90,306

Most popular in 1880, at 3,506 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 38% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Minnesota5.8×50
New York2.0×64
North Carolina1.6×29
California0.6×42
Texas0.6×40

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.