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
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 400 births
- Debut · boys
- 65 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 99,138since 1880
Harrison over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #10,917 | 8 | #116 | 3,072 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #121 | 2,966 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #119 | 3,068 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #128 | 2,920 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #121 | 3,150 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #114 | 3,221 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 | #111 | 3,455 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #115 | 3,413 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #113 | 3,521 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #107 | 3,662 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #119 | 3,343 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #127 | 3,205 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 | #162 | 2,511 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #181 | 2,126 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #199 | 1,830 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | #233 | 1,491 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | #241 | 1,466 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #219 | 1,735 |
| 2007 | — | #225 | 1,654 | |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | #231 | 1,560 |
| 2005 | — | #211 | 1,717 | |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #209 | 1,729 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #212 | 1,697 |
| 2002 | — | #199 | 1,866 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #203 | 1,798 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #184 | 1,986 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #182 | 1,925 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #174 | 1,903 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #181 | 1,824 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #209 | 1,478 |
| 1995 | — | #217 | 1,362 | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #218 | 1,331 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #279 | 1,031 |
| 1992 | — | #282 | 1,019 | |
| 1991 | — | #273 | 981 | |
| 1990 | — | #280 | 929 | |
| 1989 | — | #283 | 883 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #314 | 694 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #341 | 592 |
| 1986 | — | #394 | 462 | |
| 1985 | — | #418 | 416 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #571 | 221 |
| 1983 | — | #558 | 227 | |
| 1982 | — | #603 | 201 | |
| 1981 | — | #735 | 139 | |
| 1980 | — | #755 | 135 | |
| 1979 | — | #842 | 105 | |
| 1978 | — | #860 | 100 | |
| 1977 | — | #970 | 78 | |
| 1976 | — | #828 | 102 | |
| 1975 | — | #783 | 112 | |
| 1974 | — | #776 | 107 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #740 | 117 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #740 | 114 |
| 1971 | — | #811 | 99 | |
| 1970 | — | #753 | 119 | |
| 1969 | — | #718 | 118 | |
| 1968 | — | #713 | 111 | |
| 1967 | — | #646 | 133 | |
| 1966 | — | #652 | 129 | |
| 1965 | — | #688 | 117 | |
| 1964 | — | #669 | 132 | |
| 1963 | — | #620 | 158 | |
| 1962 | — | #598 | 168 | |
| 1961 | — | #661 | 140 | |
| 1960 | — | #591 | 175 | |
| 1959 | — | #565 | 191 | |
| 1958 | — | #584 | 176 | |
| 1957 | — | #543 | 204 | |
| 1956 | — | #555 | 187 | |
| 1955 | — | #529 | 192 | |
| 1954 | — | #506 | 205 | |
| 1953 | — | #472 | 219 | |
| 1952 | — | #465 | 229 | |
| 1951 | — | #459 | 218 | |
| 1950 | — | #447 | 216 | |
| 1949 | — | #438 | 232 | |
| 1948 | — | #430 | 240 | |
| 1947 | — | #421 | 263 | |
| 1946 | — | #452 | 196 | |
| 1945 | — | #398 | 226 | |
| 1944 | — | #453 | 179 | |
| 1943 | — | #404 | 233 | |
| 1942 | — | #422 | 211 | |
| 1941 | — | #437 | 177 | |
| 1940 | — | #434 | 178 | |
| 1939 | — | #400 | 203 | |
| 1938 | — | #383 | 216 | |
| 1937 | — | #381 | 211 | |
| 1936 | — | #405 | 183 | |
| 1935 | — | #386 | 198 | |
| 1934 | — | #384 | 203 | |
| 1933 | — | #353 | 233 | |
| 1932 | — | #349 | 251 | |
| 1931 | — | #373 | 226 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #368 | 241 |
| 1929 | — | #387 | 223 | |
| 1928 | — | #345 | 274 | |
| 1927 | — | #334 | 293 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #333 | 302 |
| 1925 | — | #304 | 349 | |
| 1924 | — | #315 | 333 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #294 | 361 |
| 1922 | — | #292 | 374 | |
| 1921 | — | #309 | 349 | |
| 1920 | — | #277 | 407 | |
| 1919 | — | #307 | 322 | |
| 1918 | — | #276 | 372 | |
| 1917 | — | #291 | 320 | |
| 1916 | — | #301 | 298 | |
| 1915 | — | #279 | 313 | |
| 1914 | — | #270 | 262 | |
| 1913 | — | #277 | 197 | |
| 1912 | — | #270 | 170 | |
| 1911 | — | #291 | 82 | |
| 1910 | — | #246 | 95 | |
| 1909 | — | #302 | 57 | |
| 1908 | — | #281 | 59 | |
| 1907 | — | #284 | 55 | |
| 1906 | — | #309 | 44 | |
| 1905 | — | #264 | 56 | |
| 1904 | — | #277 | 46 | |
| 1903 | — | #269 | 47 | |
| 1902 | — | #254 | 53 | |
| 1901 | — | #259 | 44 | |
| 1900 | — | #244 | 69 | |
| 1899 | — | #227 | 54 | |
| 1898 | — | #186 | 83 | |
| 1897 | — | #204 | 69 | |
| 1896 | — | #200 | 79 | |
| 1895 | — | #189 | 81 | |
| 1894 | — | #178 | 85 | |
| 1893 | — | #125 | 120 | |
| 1892 | — | #111 | 158 | |
| 1891 | — | #130 | 106 | |
| 1890 | — | #107 | 156 | |
| 1889 | — | #68 | 288 | |
| 1888 | — | #52 | 400 | |
| 1887 | — | #129 | 99 | |
| 1886 | — | #177 | 77 | |
| 1885 | — | #245 | 45 | |
| 1884 | — | #207 | 63 | |
| 1883 | — | #193 | 61 | |
| 1882 | — | #177 | 76 | |
| 1881 | — | #187 | 61 | |
| 1880 | — | #189 | 65 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #52 (400 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · run 1888–1889
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 302 boys born in 1888 were named Harrison (0.33%)
- Latest: 1 in 556 boys born in 2025 (0.18%)
- 28.8% of all boys named Harrison (28,557) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #52 (1888) → #970 (1977) → #107 (2016)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,235 | #52 (1888) | #162 |
| 1890s | 991 | #107 (1890) | #166 |
| 1900s | 530 | #244 (1900) | #274 |
| 1910s | 2,431 | #246 (1910) | #281 |
| 1920s | 3,265 | #277 (1920) | #319 |
| 1930s | 2,165 | #349 (1932) | #378 |
| 1940s | 2,135 | #398 (1945) | #429 |
| 1950s | 2,037 | #447 (1950) | #513 |
| 1960s | 1,381 | #591 (1960) | #656 |
| 1970s | 1,053 | #740 (1973) | #810 |
| 1980s | 3,970 | #283 (1989) | #497 |
| 1990s | 13,783 | #174 (1998) | #230 |
| 2000s | 17,208 | #184 (2000) | #213 |
| 2010s | 28,557 | #107 (2016) | #147 |
| 2020s | 18,397 | #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 2004
Top girls' names in 2004
Top boys' names in 2004
More about 2004
girls
1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 131,161 of them was named Harrison, which outranked 58.4% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,391Zanna15
- #7,391Zehra15
- #7,391Zykira15
- #7,828Harrison14
- #7,828Aanika14
- #7,828Abagael14
- #7,828Abbee14
- #8,259Aalliyah13
- #8,259Aamna13
- #8,259Aariyah13
Tied with 430 names at #7,828; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 1,148 of them was named Harrison, which outranked 98.4% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.