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Harriett

Gender
Girl
Say it
HA-ree-et
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#929 for girls
US rank, 2025
#6,545 for girls

Harriett is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “home ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 929th for girls in the UK (40 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).

What does Harriett mean?

Germanic: spelling of Harriet

“home ruler”

A variant of Harriet, the English form of the French Henriette, a feminine of Henry.

Is Harriett a girl's or a boy's name?

Harriett is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Harriett in the UK?

Rank in 2025
929th among girls
Babies in 2025
40 about 1 in 7,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 34% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 40 girls in the UK were named Harriett, making it the 929th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 963rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 82 girls.

Half of all the girls named Harriett in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 854 girls in the UK were given Harriett or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #66, up from #929 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 951st in England and Wales and 397th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 82 in 20172025
Harriett in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202540#929
202455#735
202337#1,004
202245#847
202146#846
202039#963
201981#551
201879#577
201782#577
201664#707
201558#742
201462#699
201364#686
201260#733
201146#858
201036#1,004
200939#927
200846#810
200754#699
200638#853
200542#764
200439#774
200324#1,056
200228#904
200131#832
200034#755
199930#819
199842#657
199727#895
199635#719

How popular is Harriett in the US?

Rank in 2025
6,545th among girls
Babies in 2025
17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Harriett, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 585 girls.

2025 had more girls named Harriett than any year since 1992.

Half of all the girls named Harriett in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 1944, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 255 girls in the US were given Harriett or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #920, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 585 in 19202025
Harriett in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202517#6,545
20248#11,117
202314#7,635
20228#11,225
202110#9,557
20207#12,137
201913#8,134
201815#7,405
20177#12,709
201610#10,109
201510#10,143
201415#7,633
20130–
20129#11,251
20115#16,756
20105#16,985
20090–
20088#12,574
20070–
20065#17,163
20050–
20045#16,092
20036#13,837
20020–
20019#10,095
20005#15,024
19995#14,403
19985#14,116
19976#12,065
19965#13,511
19955#13,380
19945#13,423
19936#11,773
199217#5,477
199119#4,998
199011#7,297
198914#5,830
198810#7,106
198716#4,853
198616#4,721
198516#4,633
198416#4,477
198320#3,805
198215#4,714
198125#3,340
198029#3,002
197921#3,667
197818#3,924
197722#3,365
197612#4,903
197521#3,259
197434#2,290
197335#2,223
197226#2,680
197141#2,035
197059#1,599
196956#1,591
196853#1,575
196771#1,281
196677#1,225
196591#1,097
1964103#1,073
1963101#1,073
1962131#925
1961141#911
1960152#838
1959143#853
1958153#812
1957159#801
1956178#723
1955182#695
1954221#609
1953244#558
1952204#609
1951262#511
1950252#512
1949250#515
1948277#481
1947335#446
1946295#451
1945274#432
1944309#407
1943344#392
1942356#377
1941320#381
1940304#380
1939299#381
1938345#344
1937334#352
1936297#368
1935272#386
1934273#390
1933283#383
1932300#371
1931305#367
1930330#372
1929322#374
1928379#347
1927399#336
1926379#343
1925462#309
1924492#301
1923522#283
1922519#286
1921543#284
1920585#270
1919527#277
1918564#267
1917542#266
1916511#268
1915460#275
1914359#274
1913260#293
1912262#278
1911177#294
1910177#290
1909141#305
1908115#332
1907145#287
1906134#287
1905116#312
1904104#319
1903112#293
1902108#304
1901101#300
1900150#267
1899116#266
1898144#245
1897118#261
1896131#243
1895127#244
1894118#249
1893119#241
1892111#252
1891101#241
1890114#228
1889105#227
1888118#207
188789#221
188692#205
188578#222
1884105#170
188391#175
188291#167
188186#157
188083#156

Nicknames for Harriett

Names like Harriett

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Lottie, Hattie, Matilda, Ada, Etta, Ottilie, Beatrice, Violet, Elsie, Florence, Hazel, Alice

Other spellings of Harriett

Harriet, Harriette

More Germanic names

Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Louie, Miles, Myles

Every Germanic name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Harriett: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harriett, updated 20 October 2026.