Harrison

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #116 for boys in 2025, 3,072 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1888 · 400 births
Debut · boys
65 births
In top 100 · boys
2 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
99,138
since 1880

Harrison over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #52, 1888boys
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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#10,9178#1163,072
2024#8,94611#1212,966
2023#12,1977#1193,068
2022#10,3839#1282,920
2021#8,46412#1213,150
2020#10,2509#1143,221
2019#7,71614#1113,455
2018#11,4278#1153,413
2017#7,84014#1133,521
2016#11,7818#1073,662
2015#14,4826#1193,343
2014#9,51711#1273,205
2013#7,74815#1622,511
2012#7,80415#1812,126
2011#11,1819#1991,830
2010#9,79011#2331,491
2009#12,4298#2411,466
2008#13,8327#2191,735
2007#2251,654
2006#9,90111#2311,560
2005#2111,717
2004#7,82814#2091,729
2003#12,4087#2121,697
2002#1991,866
2001#15,3525#2031,798
2000#10,7458#1841,986
1999#10,3458#1821,925
1998#8,58410#1741,903
1997#7,28312#1811,824
1996#8,8129#2091,478
1995#2171,362
1994#8,8049#2181,331
1993#11,7806#2791,031
1992#2821,019
1991#273981
1990#280929
1989#283883
1988#10,3866#314694
1987#9,8256#341592
1986#394462
1985#418416
1984#10,4225#571221
1983#558227
1982#603201
1981#735139
1980#755135
1979#842105
1978#860100
1977#97078
1976#828102
1975#783112
1974#776107
1973#7,4356#740117
1972#8,2925#740114
1971#81199
1970#753119
1969#718118
1968#713111
1967#646133
1966#652129
1965#688117
1964#669132
1963#620158
1962#598168
1961#661140
1960#591175
1959#565191
1958#584176
1957#543204
1956#555187
1955#529192
1954#506205
1953#472219
1952#465229
1951#459218
1950#447216
1949#438232
1948#430240
1947#421263
1946#452196
1945#398226
1944#453179
1943#404233
1942#422211
1941#437177
1940#434178
1939#400203
1938#383216
1937#381211
1936#405183
1935#386198
1934#384203
1933#353233
1932#349251
1931#373226
1930#4,5505#368241
1929#387223
1928#345274
1927#334293
1926#4,8515#333302
1925#304349
1924#315333
1923#4,9675#294361
1922#292374
1921#309349
1920#277407
1919#307322
1918#276372
1917#291320
1916#301298
1915#279313
1914#270262
1913#277197
1912#270170
1911#29182
1910#24695
1909#30257
1908#28159
1907#28455
1906#30944
1905#26456
1904#27746
1903#26947
1902#25453
1901#25944
1900#24469
1899#22754
1898#18683
1897#20469
1896#20079
1895#18981
1894#17885
1893#125120
1892#111158
1891#130106
1890#107156
1889#68288
1888#52400
1887#12999
1886#17777
1885#24545
1884#20763
1883#19361
1882#17776
1881#18761
1880#18965
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Harrison was already there! It came in at #189, and was given to 65 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1909, when fewer than 60 boys a year got the name.

See more about Harrison
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#121#116)
  • 2 spots since 2020 (#114#116)
  • 3 spots since 2015 (#119#116)
  • Biggest jump: 153 spots in 1985 (#571#418)
  • Biggest drop: 142 spots in 1977 (#828#970)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1888 at #52 (400 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 2 yrs · run 1888–1889
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 302
  • Highest: 1 in 302 boys born in 1888 were named Harrison (0.33%)
  • Latest: 1 in 556 boys born in 2025 (0.18%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 28.8% of all boys named Harrison (28,557) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #52 (1888) → #970 (1977) → #107 (2016)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,235#52 (1888)#162
1890s991#107 (1890)#166
1900s530#244 (1900)#274
1910s2,431#246 (1910)#281
1920s3,265#277 (1920)#319
1930s2,165#349 (1932)#378
1940s2,135#398 (1945)#429
1950s2,037#447 (1950)#513
1960s1,381#591 (1960)#656
1970s1,053#740 (1973)#810
1980s3,970#283 (1989)#497
1990s13,783#174 (1998)#230
2000s17,208#184 (2000)#213
2010s28,557#107 (2016)#147
2020s18,397#114 (2020)#120

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.

Harrison in 1929

boys
#387
223 births · 1 in 4,823 boys

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #387Harrison223
More about 1929

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 4,823 of them was named Harrison, which outranked 91.5% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harrison
  1. #384Frankie224
  2. #384Jess224
  3. #384Lorenzo224
  4. #387Harrison223
  5. #387Emory223
  6. #387Normand223
  7. #390Forest222
  8. #390Levi222
  9. #390Terry222

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

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 2,188Davey#2,843#655
  2. 554Davie#1,413#859
  3. 374Derald#1,095#721
  4. 358Vernal#1,353#995
  5. 350Ken#1,228#878
Fallers
  1. 530Adolf#950#1,480
  2. 426Quinton#913#1,339
  3. 349Thornton#963#1,312
  4. 346Verlyn#891#1,237
  5. 346Isidore#891#1,237

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

See the top 100 for 1929