Harrell

Last seen for boys in 2016 at #9,664

Peak · boys
1940 · 50 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,635
since 1902

Harrell over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Harrell has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #893, 1940boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016#9,6647
2015
2014#8,7818
2013
2012
2011
2010#12,2315
2009
2008
2007#12,3675
2006#12,0555
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998#9,6315
1997#8,1106
1996#7,9716
1995#6,9927
1994#6,3728
1993#8,7005
1992#5,6609
1991#4,76011
1990#8,1175
1989#4,81110
1988#4,45010
1987#3,52113
1986#4,4579
1985#3,21614
1984#4,5528
1983#2,67617
1982#2,97215
1981#2,77916
1980#3,25613
1979#3,56911
1978#2,27920
1977#3,60610
1976#2,24520
1975#2,90213
1974#2,19919
1973#2,85712
1972#2,53414
1971#2,68613
1970#1,98920
1969#2,13016
1968#1,57425
1967#1,75820
1966#1,61323
1965#1,62523
1964#1,58125
1963#1,23839
1962#1,42330
1961#1,40632
1960#1,43431
1959#1,28037
1958#1,48328
1957#1,25039
1956#1,33533
1955#1,11444
1954#1,18640
1953#1,13942
1952#1,00251
1951#1,04047
1950#1,13939
1949#1,09741
1948#1,03746
1947#93856
1946#89754
1945#92748
1944#1,03840
1943#1,18733
1942#93350
1941#1,00441
1940#89350
1939#94244
1938#93945
1937#94244
1936#94942
1935#1,02039
1934#89749
1933#96143
1932#96346
1931#1,21732
1930#1,05343
1929#98347
1928#91354
1927#1,11241
1926#1,10841
1925#95650
1924#96053
1923#99249
1922#1,15838
1921#95354
1920#1,04544
1919#1,32129
1918#1,21133
1917#1,26429
1916#1,17631
1915#1,14132
1914#1,30021
1913#1,31116
1912#1,26814
1911#1,7405
1910#1,1938
1909#95110
1908#1,2176
1907#1,2006
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902#1,1375
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First appearance
1902

The first year at least five boys were named Harrell! It came in at #1,137, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1902–1906, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Harrell
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
  • Biggest jump: 266 spots in 1909 (#1,217#951)
  • Biggest drop: 254 spots in 1943 (#933#1,187)
Rise & fade · boys
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1902
  • Peaked 1940 at #893 (50 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1936–1940
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,400
  • Highest: 1 in 16,400 boys born in 1909 were named Harrell (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 271,105 boys born in 2016 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #893 in 1940, was only 1 in 23,183 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 17.9% of all boys named Harrell (471) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s27#951 (1909)#1,126
1910s218#1,141 (1915)#1,293
1920s471#913 (1928)#1,018
1930s427#897 (1934)#988
1940s459#893 (1940)#995
1950s400#1,002 (1952)#1,197
1960s264#1,238 (1963)#1,578
1970s152#1,989 (1970)#2,687
1980s125#2,676 (1983)#3,669
1990s62#4,760 (1991)#7,368
2000s10#12,055 (2006)#12,211
2010s20#8,781 (2014)#10,225

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Harrell in 1921

boys
#953
54 births · 1 in 20,397 boys

Top boys' names in 1921

  1. #1John58,216
  2. #2Robert52,779
  3. #3William51,862
  4. #4James49,750
  5. #5Charles29,242
  6. #6George27,476
  7. #7Joseph26,182
  8. #8Edward20,817
  9. #9Frank16,705
  10. #10Richard16,376
  11. #953Harrell54
More about 1921

boys

1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 20,397 of them was named Harrell, which outranked 80.9% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harrell
  1. #950Godfrey55
  2. #950Laurel55
  3. #950Verle55
  4. #953Harrell54
  5. #953Agustin54
  6. #953Cosmo54
  7. #953Glynn54
  8. #962Dewayne53
  9. #962Joyce53
  10. #962Kiyoshi53

Tied with 8 names at #953; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. 828Kevin#1,543#715
  2. 499Enrico#1,157#658
  3. 435Richmond#1,225#790
  4. 427Reynaldo#1,252#825
  5. 425Art#1,416#991
Fallers
  1. 391Stacy#835#1,226
  2. 279Gorden#947#1,226
  3. 248Brady#653#901
  4. 246Guillermo#812#1,058
  5. 219Lindsay#903#1,122

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1921