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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Harris has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | |
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 2007
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#486 · 1 in 4,104
- Alabama#673 · 1 in 5,014
- North Carolina#698 · 1 in 5,618
- Missouri#788 · 1 in 7,006
- Virginia#836 · 1 in 7,385
Best ever in a state: #141 in Hawaii, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #486 | 8 | 1 in 4,104 |
| Alabama | #673 | 5 | 1 in 5,014 |
| North Carolina | #698 | 10 | 1 in 5,618 |
| Missouri | #788 | 5 | 1 in 7,006 |
| Virginia | #836 | 6 | 1 in 7,385 |
| Georgia | #913 | 8 | 1 in 7,886 |
| New York | #915 | 13 | 1 in 8,521 |
| Michigan | #943 | 6 | 1 in 8,903 |
| New Jersey | #967 | 5 | 1 in 9,368 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,090 | 5 | 1 in 12,932 |
| California | #1,197 | 16 | 1 in 16,342 |
| Texas | #1,257 | 12 | 1 in 15,863 |
| Illinois | #1,381 | 5 | 1 in 15,451 |
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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.
See more about Harris
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1889 at #313 (31 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 96 yrs · run 1880–1968
- 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%)
- 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 2007
Top girls' names in 2007
Top boys' names in 2007
More about 2007
girls
1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 274,660 of them was named Harris, which outranked 32.4% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,676Zurie8
- #12,676Zykirah8
- #12,676Zylah8
- #13,924Harris7
- #13,924Aairah7
- #13,924Aaleeyah7
- #13,924Aamyah7
- #15,491Aahliyah6
- #15,491Aalaya6
- #15,491Aalaysia6
Tied with 1,566 names at #13,924; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,075,414 boys got a published name in 2007; 1 in 13,744 of them was named Harris, which outranked 91.9% of the 14,394 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,162Lloyd152
- #1,162Markell152
- #1,162Trevion152
- #1,171Harris151
- #1,171Brennon151
- #1,171Casen151
- #1,171Lionel151
- #1,176Alexandre150
- #1,176Armaan150
- #1,176Braedyn150
Tied with 4 names at #1,171; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.