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How popular is the name Harriet?
Births per year, rank history and how many Harriets are alive today.
Harriet (female) is currently the 68th most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 667 babies given the name in 2024. This spelling of the name peaked in 2016, when 1,132 babies were given the name, the 49th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 1994, with around 1,100 babies given the name that year. Harriet fell out of the top 100 after 1904 and returned in 1994, a classic revival pattern. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 26,000 babies have been named Harriet in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Harriet is one spelling of a name also recorded as Harriette; the combined figures below cover every spelling. Common short forms of Harriet include Hattie and Etta.
Across all spellings of the name, the Harriet you are most likely to meet is around 9 years old - or else around 31: the name has two living generations. Half of all Harriets born in England and Wales are between 25 and 65, and there are at least 79,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 22% chance that at least one of them will be called Harriet.
How many babies are named Harriet each year?
Includes all spellings: Harriet, Harriette. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Harriet spelling rank?
Where does the Harriette spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Harriet most popular?
Harriet peaked in 2016, when 1,153 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Harriet?
At least 79,000 people named Harriet in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Harriet?
Most living Harriets are between 25 and 65; the most common age is about 9. There is a second cluster around 31.
Is Harriet becoming more or less popular?
Reviving: it has returned to the top 100 after time away.