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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #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 1975

girls
#4,593
13 births · 1 in 112,143 girls
boys
#204
1,074 births · 1 in 1,454 boys

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #4,593Harry13

Top boys' names in 1975

  1. #1Michael68,418
  2. #2Jason52,159
  3. #3Christopher46,575
  4. #4James39,569
  5. #5David39,156
  6. #6Robert35,306
  7. #7John35,079
  8. #8Brian30,578
  9. #9Matthew28,527
  10. #10William25,561
  11. #204Harry1,074
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 112,143 of them was named Harry, which outranked 56.7% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harry
  1. #4,370Unique14
  2. #4,370Wynetta14
  3. #4,370Xavier14
  4. #4,593Harry13
  5. #4,593Adrain13
  6. #4,593Adrienna13
  7. #4,593Akina13
  8. #4,854Abbi12
  9. #4,854Adrean12
  10. #4,854Adrien12

Tied with 260 names at #4,593; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 1,732Pepper#2,683#951
  2. 1,666Mandie#2,396#730
  3. 1,140Tiana#1,772#632
  4. 779Lacy#1,486#707
  5. 719Lacey#1,284#565
Fallers
  1. 447Nia#672#1,119
  2. 429Alethea#716#1,145
  3. 404Cicely#608#1,012
  4. 307Elaina#994#1,301
  5. 303Cristin#938#1,241

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

boys

1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 1,454 of them was named Harry, which outranked 96.8% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harry
  1. #201Angel1,092
  2. #202Kurt1,085
  3. #203Ramon1,081
  4. #204Harry1,074
  5. #205Tyler1,056
  6. #206Tracy1,050
  7. #207Duane1,042
Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 722Benjiman#1,692#970
  2. 702Marques#1,520#818
  3. 645Glendon#1,409#764
  4. 502Benji#1,124#622
  5. 471Regan#1,409#938
Fallers
  1. 905Toma#882#1,787
  2. 830Vashon#923#1,753
  3. 352Bruno#993#1,345
  4. 327Hollis#953#1,280
  5. 303Domenico#977#1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1975