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How popular is “Harriet” in the USA?

Number of people named “Harriet” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Harriet” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Harriet” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Harriet” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Harriet” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Harriet” by birth year

This chart shows how “Harriet” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 319 0.001583252 319 100%
1881 270 0.001401229 270 100%
1882 289 0.001304546 289 100%
1883 341 0.00157182 341 100%
1884 339 0.00139242 339 100%
1885 342 0.001419947 342 100%
1886 341 0.0013356 341 100%
1887 342 0.001382421 342 100%
1888 389 0.001298944 389 100%
1889 397 0.001373959 397 100%
1890 399 0.001323818 399 100%
1891 354 0.001234856 354 100%
1892 402 0.001202247 402 100%
1893 428 0.00131602 428 100%
1894 411 0.001213499 411 100%
1895 435 0.001239246 435 100%
1896 437 0.001222432 437 100%
1897 383 0.001103883 383 100%
1898 491 0.001287177 491 100%
1899 431 0.001270509 431 100%
1900 461 0.001023857 461 100%
1901 414 0.001197182 414 100%
1902 399 0.00103172 399 100%
1903 416 0.001091291 416 100%
1904 448 0.001110326 448 100%
1905 413 0.000974236 413 100%
1906 497 0.001159993 497 100%
1907 477 0.001024947 477 100%
1908 553 0.001131692 548 5 98%
1909 532 0.00104064 527 5 98%
1910 637 0.001078362 637 100%
1911 792 0.001229283 792 100%
1912 1043 0.001055602 1043 100%
1913 1039 0.00091372 1039 100%
1914 1455 0.001027293 1455 100%
1915 1849 0.001009045 1849 100%
1916 2075 0.001072675 2067 8 99%
1917 2203 0.001097795 2203 100%
1918 2345 0.001080092 2345 100%
1919 2168 0.001027369 2168 100%
1920 2360 0.001043028 2360 100%
1921 2395 0.001025913 2389 6 99%
1922 2242 0.0009794 2237 5 100%
1923 2205 0.000957663 2198 7 99%
1924 2189 0.000919126 2189 100%
1925 2067 0.000885869 2067 100%
1926 1992 0.000867632 1986 6 99%
1927 1975 0.000851529 1965 10 99%
1928 1794 0.000793476 1785 9 99%
1929 1708 0.00077914 1697 11 99%
1930 1606 0.000722354 1598 8 99%
1931 1415 0.000672405 1415 100%
1932 1351 0.000639893 1351 100%
1933 1236 0.000618171 1236 100%
1934 1286 0.000619217 1280 6 99%
1935 1294 0.000619168 1294 100%
1936 1339 0.0006445 1332 7 99%
1937 1426 0.000669273 1421 5 99%
1938 1374 0.000620996 1374 100%
1939 1391 0.000631285 1391 100%
1940 1362 0.000591483 1362 100%
1941 1396 0.000572971 1396 100%
1942 1443 0.00052822 1443 100%
1943 1444 0.000511592 1444 100%
1944 1269 0.000471733 1263 6 99%
1945 1175 0.00044291 1175 100%
1946 1306 0.000408724 1299 7 99%
1947 1324 0.000367541 1324 100%
1948 1121 0.000324691 1116 5 99%
1949 1102 0.000316233 1102 100%
1950 934 0.000266601 934 100%
1951 924 0.000250832 924 100%
1952 882 0.000232227 882 100%
1953 801 0.000207855 801 100%
1954 721 0.000181124 721 100%
1955 692 0.00017235 692 100%
1956 596 0.000144554 591 5 98%
1957 559 0.000133027 559 100%
1958 512 0.000123854 512 100%
1959 513 0.000123377 513 100%
1960 470 0.000113149 470 100%
1961 434 0.000104773 434 100%
1962 387 0.000095902 387 100%
1963 351 0.000088677 351 100%
1964 278 0.000071509 278 100%
1965 290 0.00007999 290 100%
1966 207 0.000059557 207 100%
1967 227 0.000066865 227 100%
1968 145 0.00004292 145 100%
1969 154 0.000044312 154 100%
1970 169 0.00004686 169 100%
1971 109 0.000031757 109 100%
1972 92 0.000029271 92 100%
1973 75 0.00002486 75 100%
1974 97 0.000031908 97 100%
1975 76 0.000025171 76 100%
1976 60 0.000019774 60 100%
1977 66 0.000020778 66 100%
1978 60 0.000018904 60 100%
1979 47 0.000014127 47 100%
1980 57 0.000016548 57 100%
1981 50 0.000014453 50 100%
1982 61 0.000017389 61 100%
1983 47 0.000013571 47 100%
1984 40 0.000011465 40 100%
1985 46 0.000012888 46 100%
1986 41 0.000011526 41 100%
1987 38 0.000010539 38 100%
1988 31 0.00000839 31 100%
1989 42 0.000010925 42 100%
1990 35 0.000008855 35 100%
1991 30 0.000007702 30 100%
1992 42 0.000010934 42 100%
1993 27 0.000007161 27 100%
1994 30 0.00000807 30 100%
1995 36 0.00000983 36 100%
1996 35 0.000009596 35 100%
1997 30 0.000008274 30 100%
1998 46 0.000012506 46 100%
1999 34 0.000009204 34 100%
2000 37 0.000009789 37 100%
2001 43 0.000011487 43 100%
2002 38 0.000010165 38 100%
2003 43 0.000011309 43 100%
2004 31 0.000008113 31 100%
2005 44 0.000011444 44 100%
2006 61 0.000015419 61 100%
2007 61 0.000015259 61 100%
2008 36 0.000009159 36 100%
2009 55 0.000014397 55 100%
2010 56 0.000015153 56 100%
2011 87 0.000023785 87 100%
2012 89 0.000024334 89 100%
2013 129 0.000035384 129 100%
2014 132 0.000035614 132 100%
2015 182 0.000049177 182 100%
2016 175 0.000047701 175 100%
2017 211 0.000059001 211 100%
2018 248 0.000070537 248 100%
2019 261 0.000075196 261 100%
2020 230 0.00006885 230 100%
2021 239 0.000070544 239 100%
2022 217 0.000064142 217 100%
2023 215 0.000064931 215 100%
2024 208 0.000062491 208 100%

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