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Baby name
Harriet
Girl
Origin of the name
Harriet is the English form of the French Henriette, a feminine of Henry. Harriet Tubman made it famous.
Comeback name
90,306births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 114rank at its peak, in 1921
Where babies named Harriet are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Harriet is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Harriet is most common in Hawaii (3.4 times), North Dakota (2.6) and Minnesota (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Harriett 21,621
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