Meaning not yet researched.
Harmon: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 15 in 2025. Its best rank was #337 in 1890.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #337 in 1890; #5,955 in 2025. About 75% of babies named Harmon in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#5,955 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1890, at #337.
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Harmon: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 15 boys in 2025. Peak: #337 in 1890 · most boys in one year: 169 (1921).
In 2025, 15 US boys were named Harmon, making it the 5,955th most common boys’ name of the year, down 438 places from #5,517 in 2024. That is 2 fewer than the 17 boys named Harmon in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #337, reached in 1890. The most boys given the name in a single year was 169, in 1921. For comparison, it was #4,946 in 2015 and #964 in 1950.
In 2025, 5 US girls were named Harmon, making it the 15,744th most common girls’ name of the year. Its best rank for girls was #4,613, reached in 1931. The most girls given the name in a single year was 9, in 2021. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Harmon in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 23 babies with the name. In all, 6,642 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,280 babies named Harmon.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 203 US boys were named Harmon; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 27. In 2025 that was about 1 in 113,872 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Harman and Harmone are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Harman (1,112), Harmone (64).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Harmon in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #15,744 | 15 | #5,955 |
| 2024 | — | — | 17 | #5,517 |
| 2023 | — | — | 26 | #4,150 |
| 2022 | — | — | 19 | #5,100 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,585 | 24 | #4,292 |
| 2020 | — | — | 17 | #5,329 |
| 2019 | — | — | 24 | #4,268 |
| 2018 | — | — | 15 | #5,871 |
| 2017 | — | — | 19 | #4,998 |
| 2016 | 5 | #17,179 | 27 | #3,920 |
| 2015 | — | — | 19 | #4,946 |
| 2014 | — | — | 25 | #4,051 |
| 2013 | — | — | 24 | #4,106 |
| 2012 | 5 | #17,827 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2011 | — | — | 18 | #5,060 |
| 2010 | — | — | 24 | #4,156 |
| 2009 | — | — | 11 | #7,383 |
| 2008 | — | — | 20 | #4,793 |
| 2007 | 6 | #16,197 | 23 | #4,280 |
| 2006 | — | — | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2005 | — | — | 25 | #3,757 |
| 2004 | — | — | 29 | #3,316 |
| 2003 | — | — | 35 | #2,809 |
| 2002 | — | — | 36 | #2,658 |
| 2001 | — | — | 30 | #3,015 |
| 2000 | — | — | 29 | #3,018 |
| 1999 | — | — | 30 | #2,824 |
| 1998 | — | — | 27 | #2,957 |
| 1997 | — | — | 14 | #4,534 |
| 1996 | — | — | 11 | #5,317 |
| 1995 | — | — | 11 | #5,277 |
| 1994 | — | — | 12 | #4,904 |
| 1993 | — | — | 6 | #8,007 |
| 1992 | — | — | 16 | #3,814 |
| 1991 | — | — | 8 | #6,155 |
| 1990 | — | — | 14 | #4,055 |
| 1989 | — | — | 12 | #4,370 |
| 1988 | — | — | 11 | #4,281 |
| 1987 | — | — | 11 | #4,072 |
| 1986 | — | — | 7 | #5,559 |
| 1985 | — | — | 7 | #5,369 |
| 1984 | — | — | 10 | #4,028 |
| 1983 | — | — | 10 | #3,976 |
| 1982 | — | — | 12 | #3,567 |
| 1981 | — | — | 17 | #2,712 |
| 1980 | — | — | 14 | #3,160 |
| 1979 | — | — | 16 | #2,820 |
| 1978 | — | — | 21 | #2,237 |
| 1977 | — | — | 21 | #2,231 |
| 1976 | — | — | 14 | #2,872 |
| 1975 | — | — | 16 | #2,576 |
| 1974 | — | — | 16 | #2,501 |
| 1973 | — | — | 11 | #3,095 |
| 1972 | — | — | 25 | #1,791 |
| 1971 | — | — | 22 | #1,948 |
| 1970 | — | — | 35 | #1,425 |
| 1969 | — | — | 23 | #1,745 |
| 1968 | — | — | 24 | #1,624 |
| 1967 | — | — | 28 | #1,460 |
| 1966 | — | — | 29 | #1,435 |
| 1965 | — | — | 29 | #1,445 |
| 1964 | — | — | 46 | #1,136 |
| 1963 | — | — | 31 | #1,412 |
| 1962 | — | — | 44 | #1,180 |
| 1961 | — | — | 45 | #1,188 |
| 1960 | — | — | 42 | #1,217 |
| 1959 | — | — | 52 | #1,073 |
| 1958 | — | — | 48 | #1,106 |
| 1957 | — | — | 44 | #1,174 |
| 1956 | — | — | 51 | #1,059 |
| 1955 | — | — | 59 | #979 |
| 1954 | — | — | 56 | #1,000 |
| 1953 | — | — | 76 | #828 |
| 1952 | — | — | 57 | #943 |
| 1951 | — | — | 61 | #906 |
| 1950 | — | — | 52 | #964 |
| 1949 | — | — | 67 | #839 |
| 1948 | — | — | 72 | #800 |
| 1947 | — | — | 104 | #678 |
| 1946 | — | — | 75 | #770 |
| 1945 | — | — | 73 | #713 |
| 1944 | — | — | 52 | #883 |
| 1943 | — | — | 102 | #630 |
| 1942 | — | — | 80 | #718 |
| 1941 | — | — | 97 | #611 |
| 1940 | — | — | 101 | #590 |
| 1939 | — | — | 72 | #705 |
| 1938 | — | — | 86 | #647 |
| 1937 | — | — | 92 | #607 |
| 1936 | — | — | 96 | #592 |
| 1935 | — | — | 117 | #535 |
| 1934 | — | — | 92 | #627 |
| 1933 | — | — | 104 | #564 |
| 1932 | — | — | 116 | #546 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,613 | 98 | #593 |
| 1930 | — | — | 122 | #545 |
| 1929 | — | — | 111 | #562 |
| 1928 | — | — | 114 | #582 |
| 1927 | — | — | 132 | #532 |
| 1926 | — | — | 134 | #521 |
| 1925 | — | — | 112 | #595 |
| 1924 | — | — | 136 | #544 |
| 1923 | — | — | 129 | #540 |
| 1922 | — | — | 115 | #604 |
| 1921 | — | — | 169 | #471 |
| 1920 | — | — | 128 | #543 |
| 1919 | — | — | 143 | #498 |
| 1918 | — | — | 140 | #506 |
| 1917 | — | — | 118 | #539 |
| 1916 | — | — | 120 | #521 |
| 1915 | — | — | 117 | #515 |
| 1914 | — | — | 95 | #503 |
| 1913 | — | — | 85 | #466 |
| 1912 | — | — | 67 | #482 |
| 1911 | — | — | 31 | #536 |
| 1910 | — | — | 28 | #542 |
| 1909 | — | — | 29 | #478 |
| 1908 | — | — | 32 | #423 |
| 1907 | — | — | 18 | #604 |
| 1906 | — | — | 14 | #659 |
| 1905 | — | — | 21 | #497 |
| 1904 | — | — | 22 | #458 |
| 1903 | — | — | 17 | #538 |
| 1902 | — | — | 13 | #626 |
| 1901 | — | — | 19 | #441 |
| 1900 | — | — | 23 | #483 |
| 1899 | — | — | 24 | #378 |
| 1898 | — | — | 19 | #477 |
| 1897 | — | — | 14 | #564 |
| 1896 | — | — | 11 | #693 |
| 1895 | — | — | 15 | #540 |
| 1894 | — | — | 20 | #429 |
| 1893 | — | — | 18 | #439 |
| 1892 | — | — | 16 | #505 |
| 1891 | — | — | 21 | #382 |
| 1890 | — | — | 27 | #337 |
| 1889 | — | — | 25 | #355 |
| 1888 | — | — | 18 | #451 |
| 1887 | — | — | 21 | #361 |
| 1886 | — | — | 18 | #421 |
| 1885 | — | — | 19 | #418 |
| 1884 | — | — | 21 | #389 |
| 1883 | — | — | 17 | #439 |
| 1882 | — | — | 20 | #404 |
| 1881 | — | — | 18 | #403 |
| 1880 | — | — | 23 | #358 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).