Harmon

Where Harmon comes from

Harmon hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1848
    Harmon Northrop Morse born
    American chemist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #356 among boys — 23 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1890
    Peak, #335
    27 babies named Harmon — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1896
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #674.
  5. 1936
    Harmon Killebrew born
    Professional baseball player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Harmon Killebrew · Professional baseball player, 1936–2011
  • Harmon Northrop Morse · American chemist, 1848–1920
  • Harmon Jones · Canadian film director and film editor, 1911–1972
  • Harmon Craig · American chemist, 1926–2003
  • Harmon Percy Marble · American mayor and photographer, 1870–1945

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.