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
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 16,472since 1880
Harris over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Harris has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | #1,297 | 150 |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 | #1,318 | 147 |
| 2023 | — | #1,163 | 178 | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #1,171 | 174 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #1,001 | 219 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | #996 | 214 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #1,028 | 202 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #1,018 | 202 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #1,042 | 193 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | #971 | 212 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #1,006 | 203 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #1,089 | 176 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | #1,186 | 151 |
| 2012 | — | #1,266 | 139 | |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #1,411 | 117 |
| 2010 | — | #1,438 | 115 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,403 | 121 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,251 | 139 | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #1,171 | 151 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #1,229 | 136 |
| 2005 | — | #1,307 | 116 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #1,179 | 132 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #1,111 | 138 |
| 2002 | — | #1,060 | 143 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #1,068 | 135 |
| 2000 | — | #1,075 | 132 | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #1,032 | 134 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #1,023 | 132 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #1,096 | 115 |
| 1996 | — | #1,155 | 102 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,022 | 118 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,113 | 103 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,029 | 115 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #1,043 | 110 |
| 1991 | — | #1,030 | 110 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,065 | 99 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,002 | 104 | |
| 1988 | — | #961 | 100 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,062 | 81 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,102 | 72 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,043 | 78 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,084 | 68 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,205 | 57 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,164 | 62 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,062 | 74 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,357 | 48 | |
| 1979 | — | #991 | 80 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,087 | 64 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,093 | 63 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,225 | 50 | |
| 1975 | — | #982 | 70 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,052 | 61 | |
| 1973 | — | #992 | 66 | |
| 1972 | — | #960 | 71 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,057 | 59 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,005 | 65 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,008 | 58 | |
| 1968 | — | #938 | 60 | |
| 1967 | — | #827 | 75 | |
| 1966 | — | #805 | 82 | |
| 1965 | — | #897 | 67 | |
| 1964 | — | #860 | 78 | |
| 1963 | — | #766 | 99 | |
| 1962 | — | #832 | 83 | |
| 1961 | — | #825 | 86 | |
| 1960 | — | #748 | 106 | |
| 1959 | — | #742 | 106 | |
| 1958 | — | #703 | 113 | |
| 1957 | — | #685 | 124 | |
| 1956 | — | #659 | 132 | |
| 1955 | — | #634 | 137 | |
| 1954 | — | #621 | 141 | |
| 1953 | — | #572 | 156 | |
| 1952 | — | #580 | 144 | |
| 1951 | — | #596 | 136 | |
| 1950 | — | #510 | 173 | |
| 1949 | — | #510 | 170 | |
| 1948 | — | #510 | 166 | |
| 1947 | — | #487 | 190 | |
| 1946 | — | #507 | 161 | |
| 1945 | — | #443 | 180 | |
| 1944 | — | #482 | 157 | |
| 1943 | — | #487 | 160 | |
| 1942 | — | #468 | 176 | |
| 1941 | — | #480 | 150 | |
| 1940 | — | #460 | 158 | |
| 1939 | — | #477 | 143 | |
| 1938 | — | #482 | 144 | |
| 1937 | — | #444 | 158 | |
| 1936 | — | #472 | 142 | |
| 1935 | — | #407 | 181 | |
| 1934 | — | #437 | 166 | |
| 1933 | — | #407 | 176 | |
| 1932 | — | #458 | 155 | |
| 1931 | — | #417 | 182 | |
| 1930 | — | #434 | 182 | |
| 1929 | — | #397 | 213 | |
| 1928 | — | #399 | 225 | |
| 1927 | — | #414 | 212 | |
| 1926 | — | #414 | 213 | |
| 1925 | — | #410 | 211 | |
| 1924 | — | #411 | 224 | |
| 1923 | — | #392 | 230 | |
| 1922 | — | #391 | 233 | |
| 1921 | — | #387 | 245 | |
| 1920 | — | #396 | 226 | |
| 1919 | — | #412 | 201 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #391 | 234 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #429 | 175 |
| 1916 | — | #388 | 203 | |
| 1915 | — | #382 | 196 | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #407 | 137 |
| 1913 | — | #387 | 120 | |
| 1912 | — | #428 | 83 | |
| 1911 | — | #399 | 51 | |
| 1910 | — | #480 | 33 | |
| 1909 | — | #378 | 40 | |
| 1908 | — | #374 | 38 | |
| 1907 | — | #457 | 26 | |
| 1906 | — | #387 | 31 | |
| 1905 | — | #421 | 26 | |
| 1904 | — | #515 | 18 | |
| 1903 | — | #451 | 21 | |
| 1902 | — | #388 | 26 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #385 | 33 | |
| 1899 | — | #415 | 20 | |
| 1898 | — | #394 | 25 | |
| 1897 | — | #367 | 26 | |
| 1896 | — | #367 | 27 | |
| 1895 | — | #414 | 22 | |
| 1894 | — | #399 | 22 | |
| 1893 | — | #435 | 18 | |
| 1892 | — | #357 | 28 | |
| 1891 | — | #333 | 26 | |
| 1890 | — | #434 | 17 | |
| 1889 | — | #313 | 31 | |
| 1888 | — | #353 | 27 | |
| 1887 | — | #516 | 12 | |
| 1886 | — | #403 | 19 | |
| 1885 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1884 | — | #399 | 20 | |
| 1883 | — | #460 | 15 | |
| 1882 | — | #453 | 16 | |
| 1881 | — | #442 | 15 | |
| 1880 | — | #403 | 18 | |
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.
Where Harris is popular in 1958
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- South Carolina#277 · 1 in 2,418
- New York#402 · 1 in 6,955
- Georgia#435 · 1 in 6,056
- Virginia#455 · 1 in 7,246
- Louisiana#479 · 1 in 6,102
Best ever in a state: #141 in Hawaii, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #277 | 12 | 1 in 2,418 |
| New York | #402 | 26 | 1 in 6,955 |
| Georgia | #435 | 8 | 1 in 6,056 |
| Virginia | #455 | 6 | 1 in 7,246 |
| Louisiana | #479 | 7 | 1 in 6,102 |
| Alabama | #488 | 5 | 1 in 7,648 |
| Florida | #500 | 6 | 1 in 8,616 |
| North Carolina | #543 | 5 | 1 in 10,495 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 187 | #313 (1889) | #424 |
| 1890s | 231 | #333 (1891) | #392 |
| 1900s | 270 | #374 (1908) | #439 |
| 1910s | 1,433 | #382 (1915) | #410 |
| 1920s | 2,232 | #387 (1921) | #401 |
| 1930s | 1,629 | #407 (1935) | #444 |
| 1940s | 1,668 | #443 (1945) | #483 |
| 1950s | 1,362 | #510 (1950) | #630 |
| 1960s | 794 | #748 (1960) | #851 |
| 1970s | 649 | #960 (1972) | #1,044 |
| 1980s | 744 | #961 (1988) | #1,104 |
| 1990s | 1,138 | #1,022 (1995) | #1,061 |
| 2000s | 1,343 | #1,060 (2002) | #1,185 |
| 2010s | 1,710 | #971 (2016) | #1,146 |
| 2020s | 1,082 | #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 1958
boys
#703
113 births · 1 in 18,782 boys
Top boys' names in 1958
More about 1958
boys
2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 18,782 of them was named Harris, which outranked 84.4% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).