Harris

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #1,297 for boys in 2025, 150 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1889 · 31 births
Debut · boys
18 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
16,472
since 1880

Harris over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Harris has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #313, 1889boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086#1,297150
2024#8,44312#1,318147
2023#1,163178
2022#13,5926#1,171174
2021#8,46412#1,001219
2020#8,95311#996214
2019#11,3568#1,028202
2018#9,80610#1,018202
2017#11,6158#1,042193
2016#10,8599#971212
2015#13,0067#1,006203
2014#16,5135#1,089176
2013#11,0009#1,186151
2012#1,266139
2011#11,1819#1,411117
2010#1,438115
2009#1,403121
2008#1,251139
2007#13,9247#1,171151
2006#15,1526#1,229136
2005#1,307116
2004#16,0995#1,179132
2003#12,4087#1,111138
2002#1,060143
2001#15,3525#1,068135
2000#1,075132
1999#11,3857#1,032134
1998#8,58410#1,023132
1997#10,8367#1,096115
1996#1,155102
1995#1,022118
1994#1,113103
1993#1,029115
1992#13,3175#1,043110
1991#1,030110
1990#1,06599
1989#1,002104
1988#961100
1987#1,06281
1986#1,10272
1985#1,04378
1984#1,08468
1983#1,20557
1982#1,16462
1981#1,06274
1980#1,35748
1979#99180
1978#1,08764
1977#1,09363
1976#1,22550
1975#98270
1974#1,05261
1973#99266
1972#96071
1971#1,05759
1970#1,00565
1969#1,00858
1968#93860
1967#82775
1966#80582
1965#89767
1964#86078
1963#76699
1962#83283
1961#82586
1960#748106
1959#742106
1958#703113
1957#685124
1956#659132
1955#634137
1954#621141
1953#572156
1952#580144
1951#596136
1950#510173
1949#510170
1948#510166
1947#487190
1946#507161
1945#443180
1944#482157
1943#487160
1942#468176
1941#480150
1940#460158
1939#477143
1938#482144
1937#444158
1936#472142
1935#407181
1934#437166
1933#407176
1932#458155
1931#417182
1930#434182
1929#397213
1928#399225
1927#414212
1926#414213
1925#410211
1924#411224
1923#392230
1922#391233
1921#387245
1920#396226
1919#412201
1918#4,8095#391234
1917#3,7137#429175
1916#388203
1915#382196
1914#3,1886#407137
1913#387120
1912#42883
1911#39951
1910#48033
1909#37840
1908#37438
1907#45726
1906#38731
1905#42126
1904#51518
1903#45121
1902#38826
1901#63711
1900#38533
1899#41520
1898#39425
1897#36726
1896#36727
1895#41422
1894#39922
1893#43518
1892#35728
1891#33326
1890#43417
1889#31331
1888#35327
1887#51612
1886#40319
1885#49814
1884#39920
1883#46015
1882#45316
1881#44215
1880#40318
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Harris was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901, when fewer than 12 boys a year got the name.

See more about Harris
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 21 spots since 2024 (#1,318#1,297)
  • 301 spots since 2020 (#996#1,297)
  • 291 spots since 2015 (#1,006#1,297)
  • Biggest jump: 249 spots in 1902 (#637#388)
  • Biggest drop: 366 spots in 1980 (#991#1,357)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1889 at #313 (31 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 96 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 96 yrs · run 1880–1968
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,567
  • Highest: 1 in 3,567 boys born in 1889 were named Harris (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 11,387 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 13.6% of all boys named Harris (2,232) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s187#313 (1889)#424
1890s231#333 (1891)#392
1900s270#374 (1908)#439
1910s1,433#382 (1915)#410
1920s2,232#387 (1921)#401
1930s1,629#407 (1935)#444
1940s1,668#443 (1945)#483
1950s1,362#510 (1950)#630
1960s794#748 (1960)#851
1970s649#960 (1972)#1,044
1980s744#961 (1988)#1,104
1990s1,138#1,022 (1995)#1,061
2000s1,343#1,060 (2002)#1,185
2010s1,710#971 (2016)#1,146
2020s1,082#996 (2020)#1,158

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.

Harris in 1924

boys
#411
224 births · 1 in 5,057 boys

Top boys' names in 1924

  1. #1Robert60,802
  2. #2John59,052
  3. #3William53,506
  4. #4James52,942
  5. #5Charles30,460
  6. #6George27,373
  7. #7Joseph25,421
  8. #8Richard21,244
  9. #9Edward21,126
  10. #10Donald17,929
  11. #411Harris224
More about 1924

boys

1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 5,057 of them was named Harris, which outranked 91.7% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harris
  1. #407Gregory226
  2. #407Hershel226
  3. #407Shirley226
  4. #411Harris224
  5. #411Mary224
  6. #413Bertram223
  7. #414Darwin218
  8. #415Carmine217

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. 436Faustino#1,420#984
  2. 338Conway#1,275#937
  3. 310Coolidge#1,041#731
  4. 291Chas#1,235#944
  5. 287Leopoldo#1,194#907
Fallers
  1. 466Cliff#992#1,458
  2. 403Harding#860#1,263
  3. 367Dempsey#750#1,117
  4. 363Price#924#1,287
  5. 350Terrence#873#1,223

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

See the top 100 for 1924