Name meaning & stats
Harriet
Harriet means “power, ruler” (Germanic origin). 28,026 US babies since 1940, peak 1943.
What it means
“power, ruler”
GermanicWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1943
28,026 US babies were named Harriet between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Harriet (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 75% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1943)