Harry

Last seen for girls in 1988 at #8,391 · #775 for boys in 2025, 329 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1889 · 2,559 births
Debut · boys
2,152 births
In top 100 · boys
78 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
423,866
since 1880

Harry over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #8, 1889boys
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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#775329
2024#775324
2023#782323
2022#695381
2021#721359
2020#718345
2019#649414
2018#623428
2017#646401
2016#677377
2015#779302
2014#714337
2013#709331
2012#721325
2011#707324
2010#659364
2009#645384
2008#641381
2007#577445
2006#594414
2005#528459
2004#530447
2003#524447
2002#518438
2001#501454
2000#512442
1999#483460
1998#467482
1997#480449
1996#456482
1995#448508
1994#417551
1993#408567
1992#367644
1991#368635
1990#371628
1989#322747
1988#8,3918#321672
1987#11,3255#303711
1986#303675
1985#7,5638#269778
1984#8,1537#285728
1983#5,82411#275752
1982#7,4698#273767
1981#10,4115#258835
1980#7,4188#257859
1979#6,6969#239914
1978#5,56311#231912
1977#6,3409#227949
1976#5,60110#216965
1975#4,59313#2041,074
1974#4,04115#2071,077
1973#6,6667#1891,203
1972#4,30013#1821,334
1971#6,0068#1751,530
1970#4,76111#1691,696
1969#4,41811#1711,626
1968#4,00012#1531,777
1967#4,05311#1481,877
1966#4,4939#1441,993
1965#4,20210#1462,111
1964#4,09611#1362,398
1963#3,63513#1372,495
1962#4,8658#1342,620
1961#2,95718#1312,749
1960#2,57322#1243,024
1959#3,10415#1203,271
1958#2,97216#1113,589
1957#3,03315#1003,806
1956#3,04815#953,925
1955#2,83916#894,139
1954#2,88915#864,354
1953#3,10613#834,580
1952#2,67116#754,993
1951#2,69415#705,303
1950#2,34118#615,375
1949#2,51416#595,544
1948#2,18820#575,945
1947#2,63715#546,515
1946#1,91923#506,027
1945#1,82521#475,650
1944#1,80822#495,478
1943#1,79123#505,720
1942#1,91720#485,629
1941#1,56925#485,056
1940#1,96517#474,681
1939#2,03816#454,661
1938#1,80519#444,824
1937#1,58023#414,814
1936#1,50724#394,931
1935#1,24433#375,054
1934#1,69720#365,099
1933#1,36428#355,134
1932#1,13040#325,706
1931#1,22735#306,045
1930#1,11744#286,847
1929#92260#277,144
1928#96260#267,604
1927#1,02356#258,019
1926#1,03252#258,216
1925#1,15045#238,610
1924#1,20643#229,115
1923#1,05452#229,261
1922#1,16843#229,077
1921#1,01754#219,731
1920#1,10346#219,406
1919#1,19439#208,990
1918#1,15342#209,896
1917#1,21935#198,856
1916#1,00547#198,476
1915#1,36727#198,470
1914#1,26224#196,588
1913#1,17622#155,458
1912#1,05524#164,624
1911#1,37212#132,538
1910#1,6349#161,978
1909#1,4719#141,924
1908#1,6767#141,934
1907#1,20611#141,813
1906#1,00214#141,631
1905#1,09312#141,619
1904#1,2519#131,722
1903#1,2049#131,647
1902#1,07511#131,750
1901#1,2278#131,594
1900#1,5617#132,272
1899#131,732
1898#1,7005#122,129
1897#1,0949#131,879
1896#99911#112,091
1895#81515#122,128
1894#99810#102,189
1893#66219#102,245
1892#90811#92,460
1891#9439#92,132
1890#79112#102,345
1889#1,2795#82,559
1888#72413#92,759
1887#63313#122,057
1886#57215#122,257
1885#65811#122,198
1884#54115#122,323
1883#8176#122,110
1882#49314#122,232
1881#122,002
1880#7386#122,152
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Harry was already there! It came in at #12, and was given to 2,152 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2006–2025, when fewer than 450 boys a year got the name.

See more about Harry
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • Held #775 since 2024
  • 57 spots since 2020 (#718#775)
  • 4 spots since 2015 (#779#775)
  • Biggest jump: 102 spots in 2016 (#779#677)
  • Biggest drop: 87 spots in 2023 (#695#782)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1889 at #8 (2,559 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 84 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: 7 yrs · run 1888–1894
  • Top 100: 78 yrs · run 1880–1957
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 43
  • Highest: 1 in 43 boys born in 1889 were named Harry (2.3%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,192 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.3% of all boys named Harry (86,183) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s22,649#8 (1889)#11
1890s21,330#9 (1892)#11
1900s17,906#13 (1900)#14
1910s65,874#13 (1911)#18
1920s86,183#21 (1921)#23
1930s53,115#28 (1930)#37
1940s56,245#47 (1945)#51
1950s43,335#61 (1950)#89
1960s22,670#124 (1960)#142
1970s11,654#169 (1970)#204
1980s7,524#257 (1980)#287
1990s5,406#367 (1992)#427
2000s4,311#501 (2001)#557
2010s3,603#623 (2018)#688
2020s2,061#695 (2022)#744

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.

Harry in 1966

girls
#4,493
9 births · 1 in 188,020 girls
boys
#144
1,993 births · 1 in 895 boys

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #4,493Harry9

Top boys' names in 1966

  1. #1Michael79,985
  2. #2David66,408
  3. #3James65,163
  4. #4John65,016
  5. #5Robert59,317
  6. #6William38,237
  7. #7Mark34,801
  8. #8Richard34,457
  9. #9Jeffrey30,200
  10. #10Thomas29,003
  11. #144Harry1,993
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 188,020 of them was named Harry, which outranked 41.1% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harry
  1. #4,198Zetta10
  2. #4,198Zipporah10
  3. #4,198Zona10
  4. #4,493Harry9
  5. #4,493Adonica9
  6. #4,493Adrain9
  7. #4,493Adraine9
  8. #4,866Adaline8
  9. #4,866Adrena8
  10. #4,866Agustina8

Tied with 372 names at #4,493; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 6,121Tabatha#6,539#418
  2. 1,469Tabitha#1,993#524
  3. 1,325Joell#2,247#922
  4. 1,047Tatia#1,715#668
  5. 969Nichole#1,829#860
Fallers
  1. 398Barb#815#1,213
  2. 310Jewell#952#1,262
  3. 288Roxie#944#1,232
  4. 284Aretha#818#1,102
  5. 280Kecia#392#672

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

boys

1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 895 of them was named Harry, which outranked 96.8% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harry
  1. #141Derek2,111
  2. #142Melvin2,044
  3. #143Andre2,029
  4. #144Harry1,993
  5. #145Erik1,965
  6. #146Kyle1,954
  7. #147Jerome1,944
Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 1,207Jarrod#1,720#513
  2. 893Heath#1,254#361
  3. 467Illya#1,294#827
  4. 419Jarrett#1,294#875
  5. 399Reynold#1,360#961
Fallers
  1. 464Quint#986#1,450
  2. 303Dario#934#1,237
  3. 299Darran#1,000#1,299
  4. 281Artie#897#1,178
  5. 268Daryn#716#984

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

See the top 100 for 1966