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
#313
1889 · 31 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019peak #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 2019

girls
#11,356
8 births · 1 in 209,796 girls
boys
#1,028
202 births · 1 in 8,882 boys

Top girls' names in 2019

  1. #1Olivia18,577
  2. #2Emma17,226
  3. #3Ava14,549
  4. #4Sophia13,821
  5. #5Isabella13,407
  6. #6Charlotte13,239
  7. #7Amelia12,944
  8. #8Mia12,508
  9. #9Harper10,497
  10. #10Evelyn10,443
  11. #11,356Harris8

Top boys' names in 2019

  1. #1Liam20,631
  2. #2Noah19,178
  3. #3Oliver13,967
  4. #4William13,658
  5. #5Elijah13,436
  6. #6James13,198
  7. #7Benjamin13,044
  8. #8Lucas12,483
  9. #9Mason11,484
  10. #10Alexander11,327
  11. #1,028Harris202
More about 2019

girls

1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 209,796 of them was named Harris, which outranked 37.0% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harris
  1. #10,473Zyniah9
  2. #10,473Zynique9
  3. #10,473Zyva9
  4. #11,356Harris8
  5. #11,356Aahna8
  6. #11,356Aalina8
  7. #11,356Aaralynn8
  8. #12,448Aalaiya7
  9. #12,448Aalyah7
  10. #12,448Aamna7

Tied with 1,091 names at #11,356; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,081Amoura#2,059 → #978
  2. ↑ 553Theodora#1,406 → #853
  3. ↑ 456Navy#1,269 → #813
  4. ↑ 415Emani#1,371 → #956
  5. ↑ 403Yaritza#1,216 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 451Emmarie#990 → #1,441
  2. ↓ 368Saniyah#934 → #1,302
  3. ↓ 252Tatiana#692 → #944
  4. ↓ 229Zhavia#879 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 219Jayden#979 → #1,198

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

boys

1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 8,882 of them was named Harris, which outranked 92.7% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harris
  1. #1,023Pharaoh203
  2. #1,023Ralph203
  3. #1,023Shmuel203
  4. #1,028Harris202
  5. #1,028Eliezer202
  6. #1,028Harper202
  7. #1,028Rashad202
  8. #1,033Zamir201
  9. #1,034Coen200
  10. #1,034Frankie200

Tied with 4 names at #1,028; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,830Sekani#6,703 → #873
  2. ↑ 5,230Ermias#5,770 → #540
  3. ↑ 654Amias#1,478 → #824
  4. ↑ 623Kyro#1,343 → #720
  5. ↑ 512Aziel#1,465 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 376Jaxtyn#776 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 252Brysen#860 → #1,112
  3. ↓ 220Coen#814 → #1,034
  4. ↓ 219Chad#899 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 219Imran#933 → #1,152

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

See the top 100 for 2019 →