Harald
- #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
- Peak · boys
- 1925 · 24 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 811since 1913
Harald over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Harald has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,861 | 15 |
| 2024 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
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| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
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| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | |
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| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #1,650 | 23 |
| 1967 | #2,242 | 13 |
| 1966 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #2,117 | 15 |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1929 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #1,647 | 22 |
| 1926 | #1,846 | 18 |
| 1925 | #1,534 | 24 |
| 1924 | #2,043 | 16 |
| 1923 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #1,811 | 18 |
| 1918 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
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First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Harald! It came in at #2,496, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1948, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Harald is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Harald in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Harald
Momentum · boys
Brand new
- 608 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #5,861)
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1925 at #1,534 (24 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 46,497
- Highest: 1 in 46,497 boys born in 1925 were named Harald (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 20.5% of all boys named Harald (166) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 80 | #1,811 (1919) | #2,313 |
| 1920s | 166 | #1,534 (1925) | #2,038 |
| 1930s | 122 | #1,639 (1936) | #2,224 |
| 1940s | 93 | #1,833 (1943) | #2,436 |
| 1950s | 106 | #1,838 (1958) | #2,433 |
| 1960s | 136 | #1,650 (1968) | #2,341 |
| 1970s | 17 | #2,739 (1970) | #4,256 |
| 1980s | 16 | #5,468 (1981) | #6,223 |
| 1990s | 5 | #9,265 (1997) | #9,265 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 25 | #9,670 (2018) | #10,555 |
| 2020s | 45 | #5,861 (2025) | #7,388 |
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.
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