Harrison
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #116 for boys in 2025, 3,072 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 400 births
- Debut · boys
- 65 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 99,138since 1880
Harrison over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #116 | 3,072 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #121 | 2,966 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #119 | 3,068 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #128 | 2,920 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #121 | 3,150 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #114 | 3,221 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 | #111 | 3,455 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #115 | 3,413 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #113 | 3,521 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #107 | 3,662 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #119 | 3,343 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #127 | 3,205 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 | #162 | 2,511 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #181 | 2,126 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #199 | 1,830 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | #233 | 1,491 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | #241 | 1,466 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #219 | 1,735 |
| 2007 | — | #225 | 1,654 | |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | #231 | 1,560 |
| 2005 | — | #211 | 1,717 | |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #209 | 1,729 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #212 | 1,697 |
| 2002 | — | #199 | 1,866 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #203 | 1,798 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #184 | 1,986 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #182 | 1,925 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #174 | 1,903 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #181 | 1,824 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #209 | 1,478 |
| 1995 | — | #217 | 1,362 | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #218 | 1,331 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #279 | 1,031 |
| 1992 | — | #282 | 1,019 | |
| 1991 | — | #273 | 981 | |
| 1990 | — | #280 | 929 | |
| 1989 | — | #283 | 883 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #314 | 694 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #341 | 592 |
| 1986 | — | #394 | 462 | |
| 1985 | — | #418 | 416 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #571 | 221 |
| 1983 | — | #558 | 227 | |
| 1982 | — | #603 | 201 | |
| 1981 | — | #735 | 139 | |
| 1980 | — | #755 | 135 | |
| 1979 | — | #842 | 105 | |
| 1978 | — | #860 | 100 | |
| 1977 | — | #970 | 78 | |
| 1976 | — | #828 | 102 | |
| 1975 | — | #783 | 112 | |
| 1974 | — | #776 | 107 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #740 | 117 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #740 | 114 |
| 1971 | — | #811 | 99 | |
| 1970 | — | #753 | 119 | |
| 1969 | — | #718 | 118 | |
| 1968 | — | #713 | 111 | |
| 1967 | — | #646 | 133 | |
| 1966 | — | #652 | 129 | |
| 1965 | — | #688 | 117 | |
| 1964 | — | #669 | 132 | |
| 1963 | — | #620 | 158 | |
| 1962 | — | #598 | 168 | |
| 1961 | — | #661 | 140 | |
| 1960 | — | #591 | 175 | |
| 1959 | — | #565 | 191 | |
| 1958 | — | #584 | 176 | |
| 1957 | — | #543 | 204 | |
| 1956 | — | #555 | 187 | |
| 1955 | — | #529 | 192 | |
| 1954 | — | #506 | 205 | |
| 1953 | — | #472 | 219 | |
| 1952 | — | #465 | 229 | |
| 1951 | — | #459 | 218 | |
| 1950 | — | #447 | 216 | |
| 1949 | — | #438 | 232 | |
| 1948 | — | #430 | 240 | |
| 1947 | — | #421 | 263 | |
| 1946 | — | #452 | 196 | |
| 1945 | — | #398 | 226 | |
| 1944 | — | #453 | 179 | |
| 1943 | — | #404 | 233 | |
| 1942 | — | #422 | 211 | |
| 1941 | — | #437 | 177 | |
| 1940 | — | #434 | 178 | |
| 1939 | — | #400 | 203 | |
| 1938 | — | #383 | 216 | |
| 1937 | — | #381 | 211 | |
| 1936 | — | #405 | 183 | |
| 1935 | — | #386 | 198 | |
| 1934 | — | #384 | 203 | |
| 1933 | — | #353 | 233 | |
| 1932 | — | #349 | 251 | |
| 1931 | — | #373 | 226 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #368 | 241 |
| 1929 | — | #387 | 223 | |
| 1928 | — | #345 | 274 | |
| 1927 | — | #334 | 293 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #333 | 302 |
| 1925 | — | #304 | 349 | |
| 1924 | — | #315 | 333 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #294 | 361 |
| 1922 | — | #292 | 374 | |
| 1921 | — | #309 | 349 | |
| 1920 | — | #277 | 407 | |
| 1919 | — | #307 | 322 | |
| 1918 | — | #276 | 372 | |
| 1917 | — | #291 | 320 | |
| 1916 | — | #301 | 298 | |
| 1915 | — | #279 | 313 | |
| 1914 | — | #270 | 262 | |
| 1913 | — | #277 | 197 | |
| 1912 | — | #270 | 170 | |
| 1911 | — | #291 | 82 | |
| 1910 | — | #246 | 95 | |
| 1909 | — | #302 | 57 | |
| 1908 | — | #281 | 59 | |
| 1907 | — | #284 | 55 | |
| 1906 | — | #309 | 44 | |
| 1905 | — | #264 | 56 | |
| 1904 | — | #277 | 46 | |
| 1903 | — | #269 | 47 | |
| 1902 | — | #254 | 53 | |
| 1901 | — | #259 | 44 | |
| 1900 | — | #244 | 69 | |
| 1899 | — | #227 | 54 | |
| 1898 | — | #186 | 83 | |
| 1897 | — | #204 | 69 | |
| 1896 | — | #200 | 79 | |
| 1895 | — | #189 | 81 | |
| 1894 | — | #178 | 85 | |
| 1893 | — | #125 | 120 | |
| 1892 | — | #111 | 158 | |
| 1891 | — | #130 | 106 | |
| 1890 | — | #107 | 156 | |
| 1889 | — | #68 | 288 | |
| 1888 | — | #52 | 400 | |
| 1887 | — | #129 | 99 | |
| 1886 | — | #177 | 77 | |
| 1885 | — | #245 | 45 | |
| 1884 | — | #207 | 63 | |
| 1883 | — | #193 | 61 | |
| 1882 | — | #177 | 76 | |
| 1881 | — | #187 | 61 | |
| 1880 | — | #189 | 65 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Harrison was already there! It came in at #189, and was given to 65 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1909, when fewer than 60 boys a year got the name.
Where Harrison is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Rhode Island#88 · 1 in 369
- Georgia#102 · 1 in 563
- Massachusetts#103 · 1 in 590
- Vermont#106 · 1 in 425
- Connecticut#118 · 1 in 620
Best ever in a state: #23 in Vermont, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #88 | 15 | 1 in 369 |
| Georgia | #102 | 86 | 1 in 563 |
| Massachusetts | #103 | 63 | 1 in 590 |
| Vermont | #106 | 6 | 1 in 425 |
| Connecticut | #118 | 31 | 1 in 620 |
| North Carolina | #120 | 68 | 1 in 675 |
| South Carolina | #135 | 26 | 1 in 756 |
| New Jersey | #144 | 50 | 1 in 973 |
| District of Columbia | #150 | 8 | 1 in 624 |
| Maine | #150 | 7 | 1 in 823 |
| Alabama | #151 | 32 | 1 in 783 |
| Tennessee | #162 | 37 | 1 in 929 |
| North Dakota | #163 | 5 | 1 in 758 |
| Idaho | #164 | 11 | 1 in 666 |
| New Hampshire | #165 | 6 | 1 in 1,032 |
| Utah | #165 | 26 | 1 in 728 |
| Maryland | #166 | 28 | 1 in 1,026 |
| Nebraska | #169 | 11 | 1 in 891 |
| Alaska | #171 | 5 | 1 in 712 |
| New York | #176 | 104 | 1 in 1,142 |
| Arkansas | #179 | 16 | 1 in 907 |
| Pennsylvania | #182 | 52 | 1 in 1,314 |
| Virginia | #186 | 33 | 1 in 1,182 |
| Florida | #212 | 69 | 1 in 1,230 |
| Colorado | #219 | 22 | 1 in 1,129 |
| Mississippi | #221 | 14 | 1 in 1,082 |
| Kentucky | #222 | 14 | 1 in 1,653 |
| Indiana | #224 | 25 | 1 in 1,504 |
| Iowa | #227 | 11 | 1 in 1,509 |
| Kansas | #229 | 12 | 1 in 1,253 |
| Missouri | #229 | 22 | 1 in 1,568 |
| Michigan | #234 | 36 | 1 in 1,655 |
| Minnesota | #235 | 16 | 1 in 1,776 |
| Ohio | #237 | 40 | 1 in 1,758 |
| California | #238 | 189 | 1 in 1,342 |
| Oklahoma | #242 | 13 | 1 in 1,466 |
| Washington | #248 | 23 | 1 in 1,464 |
| Texas | #254 | 116 | 1 in 1,344 |
| Arizona | #259 | 23 | 1 in 1,458 |
| Nevada | #267 | 7 | 1 in 1,488 |
| Oregon | #271 | 13 | 1 in 1,513 |
| Wisconsin | #296 | 12 | 1 in 2,440 |
| Illinois | #300 | 41 | 1 in 1,974 |
| New Mexico | #331 | 6 | 1 in 1,799 |
| Louisiana | #335 | 14 | 1 in 1,906 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Harrison
- 5 spots since 2024 (#121 → #116)
- 2 spots since 2020 (#114 → #116)
- 3 spots since 2015 (#119 → #116)
- Biggest jump: 153 spots in 1985 (#571 → #418)
- Biggest drop: 142 spots in 1977 (#828 → #970)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #52 (400 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · run 1888–1889
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 302 boys born in 1888 were named Harrison (0.33%)
- Latest: 1 in 556 boys born in 2025 (0.18%)
- 28.8% of all boys named Harrison (28,557) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #52 (1888) → #970 (1977) → #107 (2016)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,235 | #52 (1888) | #162 |
| 1890s | 991 | #107 (1890) | #166 |
| 1900s | 530 | #244 (1900) | #274 |
| 1910s | 2,431 | #246 (1910) | #281 |
| 1920s | 3,265 | #277 (1920) | #319 |
| 1930s | 2,165 | #349 (1932) | #378 |
| 1940s | 2,135 | #398 (1945) | #429 |
| 1950s | 2,037 | #447 (1950) | #513 |
| 1960s | 1,381 | #591 (1960) | #656 |
| 1970s | 1,053 | #740 (1973) | #810 |
| 1980s | 3,970 | #283 (1989) | #497 |
| 1990s | 13,783 | #174 (1998) | #230 |
| 2000s | 17,208 | #184 (2000) | #213 |
| 2010s | 28,557 | #107 (2016) | #147 |
| 2020s | 18,397 | #114 (2020) | #120 |
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.
Harrison in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 194,779 of them was named Harrison, which outranked 44.6% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,132Zenab10
- #8,132Zissy10
- #8,132Zoi10
- #8,812Harrison9
- #8,812Aarion9
- #8,812Abagael9
- #8,812Adaisha9
- #9,581Aaliah8
- #9,581Aaminah8
- #9,581Abbygale8
Tied with 768 names at #8,812; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 1,282 of them was named Harrison, which outranked 98.0% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).