Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Harriet

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Harriet
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 91.3% from peak

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

2,389

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

91.3%

2024

208

All-time

90,076

Harriet once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 2,389 girls were named Harriet.

In 2024, only 208 girls were given the name.

Down 91.3% from its peak.

All told, about 90,076 Americans have been named Harriet and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 91.3% from peak

19212,389 girls named Harriet

2024208 girls named Harriet

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