Harrold

Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270

Peak · boys
1906 · 10 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,103
since 1898

Harrold over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Harrold has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201898peak #798, 1906boys
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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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1988#7,2705
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1980#6,2505
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1971#4,9075
1970#3,8367
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1967#3,5596
1966
1965#2,9828
1964#2,66510
1963#3,0448
1962
1961#2,9009
1960#3,6656
1959#2,53011
1958#3,0338
1957#3,0248
1956#3,2167
1955#2,7649
1954#2,44911
1953#2,7099
1952#2,6809
1951#2,36711
1950#1,87916
1949#2,12313
1948#1,61121
1947#1,85017
1946#1,44024
1945#2,24210
1944#2,6338
1943#1,57720
1942#1,68218
1941#1,58819
1940#1,47121
1939#1,48920
1938#1,68917
1937#1,34425
1936#2,18411
1935#1,29527
1934#1,38624
1933#1,40523
1932#1,32427
1931#1,23931
1930#1,33029
1929#1,37827
1928#1,52224
1927#1,35030
1926#1,06443
1925#1,49325
1924#1,22335
1923#1,04146
1922#1,28232
1921#1,36030
1920#1,23434
1919#1,08240
1918#1,59622
1917#1,69319
1916#1,50522
1915#1,21729
1914#1,18824
1913#1,49713
1912#1,61910
1911
1910#1,5895
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1906#79810
1905
1904#1,2055
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1898#1,1215
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First appearance
1898

The first year at least five boys were named Harrold! It came in at #1,121, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1898–1905, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Harrold
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1988
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1898
  • Peaked 1906 at #798 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1907, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1906
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,315
  • Highest: 1 in 13,315 boys born in 1906 were named Harrold (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 382,857 boys born in 1988 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 29.6% of all boys named Harrold (326) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,121 (1898)#1,121
1900s15#798 (1906)#1,002
1910s184#1,082 (1919)#1,443
1920s326#1,041 (1923)#1,295
1930s234#1,239 (1931)#1,469
1940s171#1,440 (1946)#1,822
1950s99#1,879 (1950)#2,665
1960s47#2,665 (1964)#3,136
1970s12#3,836 (1970)#4,372
1980s10#6,250 (1980)#6,760

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.

Harrold in 1898

boys
#1,121
5 births · 1 in 24,537 boys

Top boys' names in 1898

  1. #1John8,159
  2. #2William7,400
  3. #3James5,321
  4. #4George4,853
  5. #5Charles3,557
  6. #6Joseph3,171
  7. #7Robert2,932
  8. #8Frank2,925
  9. #9Edward2,337
  10. #10Thomas2,161
  11. #1,121Harrold5
More about 1898

boys

122,685 boys got a published name in 1898; 1 in 24,537 of them was named Harrold, which outranked 13.0% of the 1,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harrold
  1. #1,002Waldemar6
  2. #1,002Webb6
  3. #1,002Woodie6
  4. #1,121Harrold5
  5. #1,121Ada5
  6. #1,121Agustin5
  7. #1,121Alejandro5

Tied with 168 names at #1,121; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1897
Risers
  1. 578Fitzhugh#942#364
  2. 534Carson#1,057#523
  3. 490Enos#942#452
  4. 484Annie#1,057#573
  5. 484Ernst#1,057#573
Fallers
  1. 683Fate#438#1,121
  2. 648Ashley#473#1,121
  3. 626Ludwig#495#1,121
  4. 543Pierre#459#1,002
  5. 537Harve#584#1,121

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

See the top 100 for 1898