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
#52
1888 · 400 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #52, 1888boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 2015

girls
#14,482
6 births · 1 in 297,516 girls
boys
#119
3,343 births · 1 in 573 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #14,482Harrison6

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #119Harrison3,343
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 297,516 of them was named Harrison, which outranked 24.3% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harrison
  1. #13,006Zyliah7
  2. #13,006Zymira7
  3. #13,006Zyniyah7
  4. #14,482Harrison6
  5. #14,482Aafia6
  6. #14,482Aailyah6
  7. #14,482Aala6
  8. #16,419Aabriella5
  9. #16,419Aada5
  10. #16,419Aailiyah5

Tied with 1,936 names at #14,482; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

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

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 573 of them was named Harrison, which outranked 99.2% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harrison
  1. #116Damian3,491
  2. #117Max3,422
  3. #118Carlos3,421
  4. #119Harrison3,343
  5. #120Weston3,327
  6. #121Braxton3,313
  7. #122Brantley3,307
Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →