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Girl

Harriette

As a girl's name, Harriette is understood to mean "home ruler". It had its heyday in the 1920s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. 1917 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.

EtymologyVariant of Harriet
EtymologyMeaning "home ruler"
Births by decade
1900s
454
1910s
1,843
1920s
2,163
1930s
1,218
1940s
1,295
1950s
687
1960s
321
1970s
81
1980s
26
1990s
11
2000s
11
2010s
31
Peaked in the 1920s · 8,141 total U.S. births since 1900