Harrell
Last seen for boys in 2016 at #9,664
- Peak · boys
- 1940 · 50 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,635since 1902
Harrell over time
Rank among boys' names. Harrell has never cracked the top 800 here.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #2,972 | 15 |
| 1981 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #2,279 | 20 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #2,199 | 19 |
| 1973 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #1,989 | 20 |
| 1969 | #2,130 | 16 |
| 1968 | #1,574 | 25 |
| 1967 | #1,758 | 20 |
| 1966 | #1,613 | 23 |
| 1965 | #1,625 | 23 |
| 1964 | #1,581 | 25 |
| 1963 | #1,238 | 39 |
| 1962 | #1,423 | 30 |
| 1961 | #1,406 | 32 |
| 1960 | #1,434 | 31 |
| 1959 | #1,280 | 37 |
| 1958 | #1,483 | 28 |
| 1957 | #1,250 | 39 |
| 1956 | #1,335 | 33 |
| 1955 | #1,114 | 44 |
| 1954 | #1,186 | 40 |
| 1953 | #1,139 | 42 |
| 1952 | #1,002 | 51 |
| 1951 | #1,040 | 47 |
| 1950 | #1,139 | 39 |
| 1949 | #1,097 | 41 |
| 1948 | #1,037 | 46 |
| 1947 | #938 | 56 |
| 1946 | #897 | 54 |
| 1945 | #927 | 48 |
| 1944 | #1,038 | 40 |
| 1943 | #1,187 | 33 |
| 1942 | #933 | 50 |
| 1941 | #1,004 | 41 |
| 1940 | #893 | 50 |
| 1939 | #942 | 44 |
| 1938 | #939 | 45 |
| 1937 | #942 | 44 |
| 1936 | #949 | 42 |
| 1935 | #1,020 | 39 |
| 1934 | #897 | 49 |
| 1933 | #961 | 43 |
| 1932 | #963 | 46 |
| 1931 | #1,217 | 32 |
| 1930 | #1,053 | 43 |
| 1929 | #983 | 47 |
| 1928 | #913 | 54 |
| 1927 | #1,112 | 41 |
| 1926 | #1,108 | 41 |
| 1925 | #956 | 50 |
| 1924 | #960 | 53 |
| 1923 | #992 | 49 |
| 1922 | #1,158 | 38 |
| 1921 | #953 | 54 |
| 1920 | #1,045 | 44 |
| 1919 | #1,321 | 29 |
| 1918 | #1,211 | 33 |
| 1917 | #1,264 | 29 |
| 1916 | #1,176 | 31 |
| 1915 | #1,141 | 32 |
| 1914 | #1,300 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,311 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | — | |
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| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Harrell! It came in at #1,137, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1902–1906, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Harrell is popular in 1924
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#307 · 1 in 2,902
- Arkansas#361 · 1 in 3,060
- Georgia#411 · 1 in 4,640
- Texas#674 · 1 in 7,014
Best ever in a state: #257 in Arkansas, 1941.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #307 | 12 | 1 in 2,902 |
| Arkansas | #361 | 6 | 1 in 3,060 |
| Georgia | #411 | 6 | 1 in 4,640 |
| Texas | #674 | 8 | 1 in 7,014 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Harrell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Biggest jump: 266 spots in 1909 (#1,217 → #951)
- Biggest drop: 254 spots in 1943 (#933 → #1,187)
- Debuted 1902
- Peaked 1940 at #893 (50 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1936–1940
- Highest: 1 in 16,400 boys born in 1909 were named Harrell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 271,105 boys born in 2016 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #893 in 1940, was only 1 in 23,183 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.9% of all boys named Harrell (471) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 27 | #951 (1909) | #1,126 |
| 1910s | 218 | #1,141 (1915) | #1,293 |
| 1920s | 471 | #913 (1928) | #1,018 |
| 1930s | 427 | #897 (1934) | #988 |
| 1940s | 459 | #893 (1940) | #995 |
| 1950s | 400 | #1,002 (1952) | #1,197 |
| 1960s | 264 | #1,238 (1963) | #1,578 |
| 1970s | 152 | #1,989 (1970) | #2,687 |
| 1980s | 125 | #2,676 (1983) | #3,669 |
| 1990s | 62 | #4,760 (1991) | #7,368 |
| 2000s | 10 | #12,055 (2006) | #12,211 |
| 2010s | 20 | #8,781 (2014) | #10,225 |
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.
Harrell in 1924
Top boys' names in 1924
More about 1924
boys
1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 21,372 of them was named Harrell, which outranked 80.7% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).