Harmon

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1890 · 27 births
Debut · boys
23 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,607
since 1880

Harmon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Harmon has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201899peak #335, 1890boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425#5,86115
2024—#5,44317
2023—#4,11226
2022—#5,01919
2021#10,2929#4,24724
2020—#5,23517
2019—#4,23024
2018—#5,77015
2017—#4,93519
2016#16,2155#3,88327
2015—#4,89019
2014—#4,01425
2013—#4,06424
2012#16,8695#3,53030
2011—#4,98318
2010—#4,09924
2009—#7,23611
2008—#4,71420
2007#15,4916#4,24323
2006—#2,97937
2005—#3,71025
2004—#3,28529
2003—#2,78035
2002—#2,63236
2001—#2,98830
2000—#2,99329
1999—#2,79530
1998—#2,92627
1997—#4,45114
1996—#5,18711
1995—#5,12411
1994—#4,80312
1993—#7,6386
1992—#3,74816
1991—#5,9428
1990—#3,97114
1989—#4,27112
1988—#4,16211
1987—#3,95911
1986—#5,3327
1985—#5,1477
1984—#3,92510
1983—#3,88410
1982—#3,48212
1981—#2,68017
1980—#3,09814
1979—#2,77716
1978—#2,20521
1977—#2,20221
1976—#2,82614
1975—#2,54016
1974—#2,45916
1973—#3,01311
1972—#1,77125
1971—#1,91622
1970—#1,41635
1969—#1,72823
1968—#1,61424
1967—#1,44928
1966—#1,42829
1965—#1,42929
1964—#1,12646
1963—#1,40331
1962—#1,17244
1961—#1,17945
1960—#1,21042
1959—#1,06852
1958—#1,10448
1957—#1,16544
1956—#1,05651
1955—#97659
1954—#99656
1953—#82576
1952—#93957
1951—#90261
1950—#96052
1949—#83467
1948—#79972
1947—#677104
1946—#76775
1945—#70973
1944—#87852
1943—#628102
1942—#71880
1941—#60997
1940—#589101
1939—#70072
1938—#64486
1937—#60592
1936—#59196
1935—#534117
1934—#62392
1933—#563104
1932—#545116
1931#4,3315#59098
1930—#540122
1929—#561111
1928—#578114
1927—#532132
1926—#521134
1925—#594112
1924—#544136
1923—#539129
1922—#602115
1921—#471169
1920—#542128
1919—#497143
1918—#504140
1917—#538118
1916—#520120
1915—#515117
1914—#50395
1913—#46585
1912—#48167
1911—#53331
1910—#53728
1909—#47329
1908—#42232
1907—#59118
1906—#64014
1905—#49121
1904—#45222
1903—#52717
1902—#61513
1901—#43319
1900—#47723
1899—#37624
1898—#47319
1897—#55614
1896—#67411
1895—#52915
1894—#41920
1893—#43518
1892—#49716
1891—#37721
1890—#33527
1889—#35125
1888—#44218
1887—#35621
1886—#41718
1885—#41119
1884—#38621
1883—#43317
1882—#39920
1881—#39518
1880—#35623
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Harmon was already there! It came in at #356, and was given to 23 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1993, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Harmon is popular in 1899

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Harmon
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 418 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #5,861)
  • 626 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #5,861)
  • 971 spots since 2015 (#4,890 → #5,861)
  • Biggest jump: 169 spots in 1908 (#591 → #422)
  • Biggest drop: 250 spots in 1944 (#628 → #878)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1890 at #335 (27 births)
  • Births halved by 1896, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 76 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 76 yrs · run 1880–1955
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,112
  • Highest: 1 in 4,112 boys born in 1890 were named Harmon (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.4% of all boys named Harmon (1,280) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s200#351 (1889)#395
1890s185#335 (1890)#467
1900s208#422 (1908)#512
1910s944#465 (1913)#509
1920s1,280#471 (1921)#548
1930s995#534 (1935)#594
1940s823#589 (1940)#721
1950s556#825 (1953)#999
1960s341#1,126 (1964)#1,374
1970s197#1,416 (1970)#2,313
1980s111#2,680 (1981)#3,994
1990s149#2,795 (1999)#4,659
2000s275#2,632 (2002)#3,756
2010s225#3,530 (2012)#4,440
2020s118#4,112 (2023)#4,986

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.

Harmon in 1899

boys
#376
24 births · 1 in 4,425 boys

Top boys' names in 1899

  1. #1John6,990
  2. #2William6,086
  3. #3James4,597
  4. #4George4,018
  5. #5Charles3,147
  6. #6Joseph2,679
  7. #7Robert2,609
  8. #8Frank2,550
  9. #9Edward1,901
  10. #10Henry1,831
  11. #376Harmon24
More about 1899

boys

106,211 boys got a published name in 1899; 1 in 4,425 of them was named Harmon, which outranked 68.7% of the 1,200 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harmon
  1. #362Reginald25
  2. #362Scott25
  3. #362Warner25
  4. #376Harmon24
  5. #376Aloysius24
  6. #376Cyrus24
  7. #376Jeremiah24
  8. #384Anna23
  9. #384Clay23
  10. #384Dewitt23

Tied with 7 names at #376; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. ↑ 640Rogers#1,121 → #481
  2. ↑ 600Edna#1,121 → #521
  3. ↑ 545Giles#1,002 → #457
  4. ↑ 508Sarah#1,121 → #613
  5. ↑ 461Thaddeus#885 → #424
Fallers
  1. ↓ 566Jason#485 → #1,051
  2. ↓ 564Fitzhugh#364 → #928
  3. ↓ 508Oran#543 → #1,051
  4. ↓ 493Wilber#435 → #928
  5. ↓ 443Hosea#485 → #928

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

See the top 100 for 1899 →