Meaning not yet researched.
Harris: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 150 in 2025. Its best rank was #316 in 1889.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #316 in 1889; #1,300 in 2025. About 96% of babies named Harris in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,300 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1889, at #316.
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Harris: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 150 boys in 2025. Peak: #316 in 1889 · most boys in one year: 245 (1921).
In 2025, 150 US boys were named Harris, making it the 1,300th most common boys’ name of the year, up 19 places from #1,319 in 2024. That is 3 more than the 147 boys named Harris in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #316, reached in 1889. The most boys given the name in a single year was 245, in 1921. For comparison, it was #1,009 in 2015 and #511 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Harris in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 18 babies with the name. In all, 16,661 US babies have been given the name, 1.1% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 2,232 babies named Harris.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,891 US boys were named Harris; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 219. In 2025 that was about 1 in 11,387 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Harris ranked highest in Alabama in 2025, at #494 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Henry (773,564 babies since 1880), Harry (425,883 babies since 1880), Enrique (61,494 babies since 1880) and Henri (5,987 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Harish and Haaris 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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Harish (368), Haaris (267).
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 Harris in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 38 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 10 | #494 | — |
| Mississippi | 5 | #558 | — |
| Arkansas | 5 | #588 | — |
| Missouri | 8 | #675 | — |
| Kentucky | 5 | #747 | — |
| Tennessee | 8 | #804 | #604 |
| North Carolina | 10 | #838 | #1,186 |
| Georgia | 6 | #1,270 | #682 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,311 | #881 |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,350 | #749 |
| Texas | 13 | #1,435 | #954 |
| New York | 7 | #1,477 | #811 |
| California | 7 | #2,064 | #1,232 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,816 | 150 | #1,300 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,638 | 147 | #1,319 |
| 2023 | — | — | 178 | #1,165 |
| 2022 | 6 | #14,206 | 174 | #1,172 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,676 | 219 | #1,001 |
| 2020 | 11 | #9,163 | 214 | #996 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,752 | 202 | #1,030 |
| 2018 | 10 | #10,078 | 202 | #1,020 |
| 2017 | 8 | #12,031 | 193 | #1,043 |
| 2016 | 9 | #11,189 | 212 | #972 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,521 | 203 | #1,009 |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,489 | 176 | #1,090 |
| 2013 | 9 | #11,340 | 151 | #1,190 |
| 2012 | — | — | 139 | #1,269 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,532 | 117 | #1,420 |
| 2010 | — | — | 115 | #1,445 |
| 2009 | — | — | 121 | #1,405 |
| 2008 | — | — | 139 | #1,255 |
| 2007 | 7 | #14,455 | 151 | #1,173 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,818 | 136 | #1,232 |
| 2005 | — | — | 116 | #1,310 |
| 2004 | 5 | #17,062 | 132 | #1,181 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,906 | 138 | #1,114 |
| 2002 | — | — | 143 | #1,063 |
| 2001 | 5 | #16,239 | 135 | #1,070 |
| 2000 | — | — | 132 | #1,079 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,815 | 134 | #1,035 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,827 | 132 | #1,027 |
| 1997 | 7 | #11,253 | 115 | #1,103 |
| 1996 | — | — | 102 | #1,157 |
| 1995 | — | — | 118 | #1,024 |
| 1994 | — | — | 103 | #1,113 |
| 1993 | — | — | 115 | #1,031 |
| 1992 | 5 | #14,049 | 110 | #1,046 |
| 1991 | — | — | 110 | #1,033 |
| 1990 | — | — | 99 | #1,069 |
| 1989 | — | — | 104 | #1,004 |
| 1988 | — | — | 100 | #966 |
| 1987 | — | — | 81 | #1,063 |
| 1986 | — | — | 72 | #1,104 |
| 1985 | — | — | 78 | #1,044 |
| 1984 | — | — | 68 | #1,088 |
| 1983 | — | — | 57 | #1,209 |
| 1982 | — | — | 62 | #1,168 |
| 1981 | — | — | 74 | #1,063 |
| 1980 | — | — | 48 | #1,363 |
| 1979 | — | — | 80 | #996 |
| 1978 | — | — | 64 | #1,092 |
| 1977 | — | — | 63 | #1,095 |
| 1976 | — | — | 50 | #1,230 |
| 1975 | — | — | 70 | #982 |
| 1974 | — | — | 61 | #1,054 |
| 1973 | — | — | 66 | #997 |
| 1972 | — | — | 71 | #962 |
| 1971 | — | — | 59 | #1,061 |
| 1970 | — | — | 65 | #1,008 |
| 1969 | — | — | 58 | #1,012 |
| 1968 | — | — | 60 | #942 |
| 1967 | — | — | 75 | #830 |
| 1966 | — | — | 82 | #806 |
| 1965 | — | — | 67 | #905 |
| 1964 | — | — | 78 | #862 |
| 1963 | — | — | 99 | #768 |
| 1962 | — | — | 83 | #836 |
| 1961 | — | — | 86 | #829 |
| 1960 | — | — | 106 | #750 |
| 1959 | — | — | 106 | #744 |
| 1958 | — | — | 113 | #707 |
| 1957 | — | — | 124 | #687 |
| 1956 | — | — | 132 | #662 |
| 1955 | — | — | 137 | #635 |
| 1954 | — | — | 141 | #622 |
| 1953 | — | — | 156 | #573 |
| 1952 | — | — | 144 | #581 |
| 1951 | — | — | 136 | #597 |
| 1950 | — | — | 173 | #511 |
| 1949 | — | — | 170 | #510 |
| 1948 | — | — | 166 | #510 |
| 1947 | — | — | 190 | #488 |
| 1946 | — | — | 161 | #508 |
| 1945 | — | — | 180 | #443 |
| 1944 | — | — | 157 | #483 |
| 1943 | — | — | 160 | #489 |
| 1942 | — | — | 176 | #468 |
| 1941 | — | — | 150 | #480 |
| 1940 | — | — | 158 | #460 |
| 1939 | — | — | 143 | #477 |
| 1938 | — | — | 144 | #483 |
| 1937 | — | — | 158 | #444 |
| 1936 | — | — | 142 | #472 |
| 1935 | — | — | 181 | #409 |
| 1934 | — | — | 166 | #438 |
| 1933 | — | — | 176 | #408 |
| 1932 | — | — | 155 | #459 |
| 1931 | — | — | 182 | #417 |
| 1930 | — | — | 182 | #435 |
| 1929 | — | — | 213 | #397 |
| 1928 | — | — | 225 | #400 |
| 1927 | — | — | 212 | #414 |
| 1926 | — | — | 213 | #414 |
| 1925 | — | — | 211 | #413 |
| 1924 | — | — | 224 | #411 |
| 1923 | — | — | 230 | #392 |
| 1922 | — | — | 233 | #392 |
| 1921 | — | — | 245 | #387 |
| 1920 | — | — | 226 | #396 |
| 1919 | — | — | 201 | #412 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,139 | 234 | #391 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,881 | 175 | #429 |
| 1916 | — | — | 203 | #388 |
| 1915 | — | — | 196 | #383 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,360 | 137 | #407 |
| 1913 | — | — | 120 | #388 |
| 1912 | — | — | 83 | #428 |
| 1911 | — | — | 51 | #402 |
| 1910 | — | — | 33 | #486 |
| 1909 | — | — | 40 | #379 |
| 1908 | — | — | 38 | #376 |
| 1907 | — | — | 26 | #459 |
| 1906 | — | — | 31 | #390 |
| 1905 | — | — | 26 | #425 |
| 1904 | — | — | 18 | #524 |
| 1903 | — | — | 21 | #455 |
| 1902 | — | — | 26 | #397 |
| 1901 | — | — | 11 | #657 |
| 1900 | — | — | 33 | #388 |
| 1899 | — | — | 20 | #420 |
| 1898 | — | — | 25 | #400 |
| 1897 | — | — | 26 | #371 |
| 1896 | — | — | 27 | #373 |
| 1895 | — | — | 22 | #421 |
| 1894 | — | — | 22 | #404 |
| 1893 | — | — | 18 | #440 |
| 1892 | — | — | 28 | #365 |
| 1891 | — | — | 26 | #335 |
| 1890 | — | — | 17 | #447 |
| 1889 | — | — | 31 | #316 |
| 1888 | — | — | 27 | #355 |
| 1887 | — | — | 12 | #528 |
| 1886 | — | — | 19 | #408 |
| 1885 | — | — | 14 | #510 |
| 1884 | — | — | 20 | #406 |
| 1883 | — | — | 15 | #468 |
| 1882 | — | — | 16 | #459 |
| 1881 | — | — | 15 | #450 |
| 1880 | — | — | 18 | #411 |
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).