Harriette
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HA-ree-et
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Harriette is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “home ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Harriette mean?
Germanic: French-style spelling of Harriet
“home ruler”
A variant of Harriet, the English form of the French Henriette, a feminine of Henry.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Harriette a girl's or a boy's name?
Harriette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Harriette in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,868th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Harriette, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 51 girls.
Half of all the girls named Harriette in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. 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 Harriette or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #66, up from #1,868 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Harriette in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,587 |
| 2019 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,375 |
| 2017 | 51 | #831 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,581 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 24 | #1,433 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,430 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,755 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,575 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 25 | #1,258 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,293 |
| 2003 | 22 | #1,125 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 18 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 23 | #1,015 |
| 1997 | 25 | #940 |
| 1996 | 24 | #924 |
How popular is Harriette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 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, 12 girls in the US were named Harriette, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1917, with 281 girls.
2025 had more girls named Harriette than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Harriette in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1942, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 255 girls in the US were given Harriette or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #920, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
Harriette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,011 |
| 1968 | 24 | #2,538 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,868 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,585 |
| 1965 | 29 | #2,204 |
| 1964 | 32 | #2,108 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,893 |
| 1962 | 50 | #1,597 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,665 |
| 1960 | 41 | #1,763 |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,642 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,556 |
| 1957 | 52 | #1,473 |
| 1956 | 61 | #1,328 |
| 1955 | 61 | #1,291 |
| 1954 | 64 | #1,240 |
| 1953 | 81 | #1,070 |
| 1952 | 93 | #974 |
| 1951 | 78 | #1,049 |
| 1950 | 106 | #857 |
| 1949 | 113 | #822 |
| 1948 | 106 | #848 |
| 1947 | 137 | #729 |
| 1946 | 119 | #748 |
| 1945 | 142 | #604 |
| 1944 | 112 | #710 |
| 1943 | 140 | #641 |
| 1942 | 158 | #590 |
| 1941 | 137 | #603 |
| 1940 | 131 | #611 |
| 1939 | 119 | #619 |
| 1938 | 120 | #625 |
| 1937 | 133 | #583 |
| 1936 | 132 | #571 |
| 1935 | 123 | #582 |
| 1934 | 120 | #597 |
| 1933 | 100 | #656 |
| 1932 | 125 | #587 |
| 1931 | 125 | #591 |
| 1930 | 121 | #629 |
| 1929 | 145 | #570 |
| 1928 | 146 | #583 |
| 1927 | 168 | #546 |
| 1926 | 175 | #528 |
| 1925 | 216 | #470 |
| 1924 | 224 | #464 |
| 1923 | 280 | #400 |
| 1922 | 265 | #405 |
| 1921 | 270 | #413 |
| 1920 | 274 | #399 |
| 1919 | 249 | #409 |
| 1918 | 264 | #403 |
| 1917 | 281 | #380 |
| 1916 | 203 | #443 |
| 1915 | 231 | #395 |
| 1914 | 188 | #387 |
| 1913 | 145 | #408 |
| 1912 | 126 | #413 |
| 1911 | 77 | #467 |
| 1910 | 79 | #449 |
| 1909 | 69 | #445 |
| 1908 | 59 | #468 |
| 1907 | 51 | #500 |
| 1906 | 39 | #562 |
| 1905 | 51 | #476 |
| 1904 | 33 | #586 |
| 1903 | 39 | #514 |
| 1902 | 32 | #583 |
| 1901 | 35 | #513 |
| 1900 | 46 | #499 |
| 1899 | 35 | #498 |
| 1898 | 36 | #520 |
| 1897 | 39 | #466 |
| 1896 | 32 | #528 |
| 1895 | 34 | #499 |
| 1894 | 32 | #504 |
| 1893 | 24 | #571 |
| 1892 | 33 | #471 |
| 1891 | 33 | #440 |
| 1890 | 18 | #617 |
| 1889 | 25 | #499 |
| 1888 | 19 | #572 |
| 1887 | 25 | #446 |
| 1886 | 22 | #459 |
| 1885 | 25 | #413 |
| 1884 | 16 | #520 |
| 1883 | 21 | #411 |
| 1882 | 27 | #341 |
| 1881 | 22 | #346 |
| 1880 | 19 | #375 |
Nicknames for Harriette
Names like Harriette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alice, Lottie, Hattie, Beatrice, Florence, Ottilie, Eloise, Charlotte, Matilda, Elsie, Olive, Adeline
Other spellings of Harriette
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Louie, Miles, Myles, Charles
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, “Harriette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harriette, updated 20 October 2026.