Harrison

Where Harrison comes from

From Harry + -son.
— Wiktionary's entry for Harrison
  • 3 syllables
Harrison through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #189 among boys, with 65 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1888
    Around this time: Benjamin Harrison elected president
    Event, 1888 · Source
  3. 1888
    Peak, #52
    400 babies named Harrison, its best rank.
  4. 1935
    Harrison Schmitt born
    Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
  5. 1942
    Harrison Ford born
    American actor
  6. 2016
    The comeback
    Back to #107 after sinking to #970 in 1977.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Harrison Ford · American actor, born 1942
  • Harrison Schmitt · Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17), born 1935
  • Harrison Dillard · American athlete, 1923–2019
  • Harrison Afful · Ghanaian footballer, born 1986
  • Harrison Birtwistle · English composer, 1934–2022

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. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.