Harry

Last seen for girls in 1988 at #8,391 · #775 for boys in 2025, 329 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1889 · 2,559 births
Debut · boys
2,152 births
In top 100 · boys
78 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
423,866
since 1880

Harry over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913peak #8, 1889boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#775329
2024—#775324
2023—#782323
2022—#695381
2021—#721359
2020—#718345
2019—#649414
2018—#623428
2017—#646401
2016—#677377
2015—#779302
2014—#714337
2013—#709331
2012—#721325
2011—#707324
2010—#659364
2009—#645384
2008—#641381
2007—#577445
2006—#594414
2005—#528459
2004—#530447
2003—#524447
2002—#518438
2001—#501454
2000—#512442
1999—#483460
1998—#467482
1997—#480449
1996—#456482
1995—#448508
1994—#417551
1993—#408567
1992—#367644
1991—#368635
1990—#371628
1989—#322747
1988#8,3918#321672
1987#11,3255#303711
1986—#303675
1985#7,5638#269778
1984#8,1537#285728
1983#5,82411#275752
1982#7,4698#273767
1981#10,4115#258835
1980#7,4188#257859
1979#6,6969#239914
1978#5,56311#231912
1977#6,3409#227949
1976#5,60110#216965
1975#4,59313#2041,074
1974#4,04115#2071,077
1973#6,6667#1891,203
1972#4,30013#1821,334
1971#6,0068#1751,530
1970#4,76111#1691,696
1969#4,41811#1711,626
1968#4,00012#1531,777
1967#4,05311#1481,877
1966#4,4939#1441,993
1965#4,20210#1462,111
1964#4,09611#1362,398
1963#3,63513#1372,495
1962#4,8658#1342,620
1961#2,95718#1312,749
1960#2,57322#1243,024
1959#3,10415#1203,271
1958#2,97216#1113,589
1957#3,03315#1003,806
1956#3,04815#953,925
1955#2,83916#894,139
1954#2,88915#864,354
1953#3,10613#834,580
1952#2,67116#754,993
1951#2,69415#705,303
1950#2,34118#615,375
1949#2,51416#595,544
1948#2,18820#575,945
1947#2,63715#546,515
1946#1,91923#506,027
1945#1,82521#475,650
1944#1,80822#495,478
1943#1,79123#505,720
1942#1,91720#485,629
1941#1,56925#485,056
1940#1,96517#474,681
1939#2,03816#454,661
1938#1,80519#444,824
1937#1,58023#414,814
1936#1,50724#394,931
1935#1,24433#375,054
1934#1,69720#365,099
1933#1,36428#355,134
1932#1,13040#325,706
1931#1,22735#306,045
1930#1,11744#286,847
1929#92260#277,144
1928#96260#267,604
1927#1,02356#258,019
1926#1,03252#258,216
1925#1,15045#238,610
1924#1,20643#229,115
1923#1,05452#229,261
1922#1,16843#229,077
1921#1,01754#219,731
1920#1,10346#219,406
1919#1,19439#208,990
1918#1,15342#209,896
1917#1,21935#198,856
1916#1,00547#198,476
1915#1,36727#198,470
1914#1,26224#196,588
1913#1,17622#155,458
1912#1,05524#164,624
1911#1,37212#132,538
1910#1,6349#161,978
1909#1,4719#141,924
1908#1,6767#141,934
1907#1,20611#141,813
1906#1,00214#141,631
1905#1,09312#141,619
1904#1,2519#131,722
1903#1,2049#131,647
1902#1,07511#131,750
1901#1,2278#131,594
1900#1,5617#132,272
1899—#131,732
1898#1,7005#122,129
1897#1,0949#131,879
1896#99911#112,091
1895#81515#122,128
1894#99810#102,189
1893#66219#102,245
1892#90811#92,460
1891#9439#92,132
1890#79112#102,345
1889#1,2795#82,559
1888#72413#92,759
1887#63313#122,057
1886#57215#122,257
1885#65811#122,198
1884#54115#122,323
1883#8176#122,110
1882#49314#122,232
1881—#122,002
1880#7386#122,152
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Harry was already there! It came in at #12, and was given to 2,152 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2006–2025, when fewer than 450 boys a year got the name.

Where Harry is popular in 1913

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Harry, so not publishedAKMaine: #32 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 114 boysMEVermont: #18 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 59 boysVTNew Hampshire: #21 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 74 boysNHWashington: #14 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 65 boysWAIdaho: #30 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 99 boysIDMontana: #17 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 63 boysMTNorth Dakota: #21 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 79 boysNDMinnesota: #22 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 88 boysMNIllinois: #17 for boys · 365 births · 1 in 78 boysILWisconsin: #16 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 70 boysWIMichigan: #16 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 76 boysMINew York: #13 for boys · 723 births · 1 in 67 boysNYMassachusetts: #25 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 105 boysMARhode Island: #28 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 120 boysRIOregon: #28 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 101 boysORNevada: #10 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 23 boysNVWyoming: #16 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 47 boysWYSouth Dakota: #23 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 77 boysSDIowa: #19 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 85 boysIAIndiana: #18 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 79 boysINOhio: #17 for boys · 305 births · 1 in 72 boysOHPennsylvania: #10 for boys · 818 births · 1 in 51 boysPANew Jersey: #15 for boys · 204 births · 1 in 66 boysNJConnecticut: #30 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 111 boysCTCalifornia: #15 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 73 boysCAUtah: #38 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 134 boysUTColorado: #14 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 60 boysCONebraska: #15 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 63 boysNEMissouri: #13 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 72 boysMOKentucky: #27 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 127 boysKYWest Virginia: #9 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 52 boysWVVirginia: #15 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 83 boysVAMaryland: #10 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 48 boysMDDelaware: #9 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 34 boysDEArizona: #43 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 123 boysAZNew Mexico: #57 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 192 boysNMKansas: #22 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 91 boysKSArkansas: #42 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 186 boysARTennessee: #26 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 119 boysTNNorth Carolina: #36 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 190 boysNCSouth Carolina: #21 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 104 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #11 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 56 boysDCOklahoma: #42 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 173 boysOKLouisiana: #28 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 154 boysLAMississippi: #64 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 306 boysMSAlabama: #47 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 243 boysALGeorgia: #29 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 155 boysGAHawaii: #16 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 57 boysHITexas: #38 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 193 boysTXFlorida: #20 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 100 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Delaware#9 · 1 in 34
  2. West Virginia#9 · 1 in 52
  3. Nevada#10 · 1 in 23
  4. Maryland#10 · 1 in 48
  5. Pennsylvania#10 · 1 in 51

Best ever in a state: #4 in Nevada, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#9211 in 34
West Virginia#91171 in 52
Maryland#101221 in 48
Nevada#1061 in 23
Pennsylvania#108181 in 51
District of Columbia#11211 in 56
Missouri#131951 in 72
New York#137231 in 67
Colorado#14531 in 60
Washington#14611 in 65
California#151401 in 73
Nebraska#15921 in 63
New Jersey#152041 in 66
Virginia#151351 in 83
Hawaii#16141 in 57
Michigan#161551 in 76
Wisconsin#161421 in 70
Wyoming#1691 in 47
Illinois#173651 in 78
Montana#17301 in 63
Ohio#173051 in 72
Indiana#181361 in 79
Vermont#18191 in 59
Iowa#191071 in 85
Florida#20481 in 100
New Hampshire#21191 in 74
North Dakota#21371 in 79
South Carolina#21941 in 104
Kansas#22811 in 91
Minnesota#221031 in 88
South Dakota#23331 in 77
Massachusetts#251671 in 105
Tennessee#26901 in 119
Kentucky#27841 in 127
Louisiana#28591 in 154
Oregon#28241 in 101
Rhode Island#28201 in 120
Georgia#291061 in 155
Connecticut#30551 in 111
Idaho#30151 in 99
Maine#32231 in 114
North Carolina#36751 in 190
Texas#381251 in 193
Utah#38151 in 134
Arkansas#42421 in 186
Oklahoma#42511 in 173
Arizona#4391 in 123
Alabama#47521 in 243
New Mexico#5771 in 192
Mississippi#64331 in 306
Alaska———

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 Harry
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • Held #775 since 2024
  • 57 spots since 2020 (#718 → #775)
  • 4 spots since 2015 (#779 → #775)
  • Biggest jump: 102 spots in 2016 (#779 → #677)
  • Biggest drop: 87 spots in 2023 (#695 → #782)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1889 at #8 (2,559 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 84 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: 7 yrs · run 1888–1894
  • Top 100: 78 yrs · run 1880–1957
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 43
  • Highest: 1 in 43 boys born in 1889 were named Harry (2.3%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,192 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.3% of all boys named Harry (86,183) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s22,649#8 (1889)#11
1890s21,330#9 (1892)#11
1900s17,906#13 (1900)#14
1910s65,874#13 (1911)#18
1920s86,183#21 (1921)#23
1930s53,115#28 (1930)#37
1940s56,245#47 (1945)#51
1950s43,335#61 (1950)#89
1960s22,670#124 (1960)#142
1970s11,654#169 (1970)#204
1980s7,524#257 (1980)#287
1990s5,406#367 (1992)#427
2000s4,311#501 (2001)#557
2010s3,603#623 (2018)#688
2020s2,061#695 (2022)#744

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.

Harry in 1913

girls
#1,176
22 births · 1 in 28,388 girls
boys
#15
5,458 births · 1 in 94 boys

Top girls' names in 1913

  1. #1Mary36,642
  2. #2Helen18,888
  3. #3Dorothy14,674
  4. #4Margaret14,486
  5. #5Ruth12,609
  6. #6Mildred9,921
  7. #7Anna9,687
  8. #8Elizabeth9,505
  9. #9Frances7,694
  10. #10Marie7,353
  11. #1,176Harry22

Top boys' names in 1913

  1. #1John29,329
  2. #2William23,538
  3. #3James20,832
  4. #4Robert15,684
  5. #5Joseph14,471
  6. #6George13,874
  7. #7Charles13,191
  8. #8Edward9,474
  9. #9Frank9,237
  10. #10Thomas7,096
  11. #15Harry5,458
More about 1913

girls

624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 28,388 of them was named Harry, which outranked 68.3% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harry
  1. #1,151Susanne23
  2. #1,151Verena23
  3. #1,151Zelia23
  4. #1,176Harry22
  5. #1,176Albert22
  6. #1,176Audry22
  7. #1,176Bernie22
  8. #1,229Adelene21
  9. #1,229Aimee21
  10. #1,229Altie21

Tied with 52 names at #1,176; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. ↑ 963Dominga#1,844 → #881
  2. ↑ 931Stacia#1,844 → #913
  3. ↑ 576Olympia#1,477 → #901
  4. ↑ 559Lilah#1,540 → #981
  5. ↑ 445Elfrieda#1,297 → #852
Fallers
  1. ↓ 806Karen#960 → #1,766
  2. ↓ 572Erie#833 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 559Gertha#846 → #1,405
  4. ↓ 527Lossie#938 → #1,465
  5. ↓ 505Ardelia#960 → #1,465

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

boys

512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 94 of them was named Harry, which outranked 99.5% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harry
  1. #12Henry6,391
  2. #13Harold6,157
  3. #14Paul5,966
  4. #15Harry5,458
  5. #16Albert5,449
  6. #17Arthur5,422
  7. #18Raymond5,310
Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,050Mathias#1,885 → #835
  2. ↑ 935Hymen#1,885 → #950
  3. ↑ 796Waldemar#1,746 → #950
  4. ↑ 751Rolf#1,746 → #995
  5. ↑ 689Domenico#1,619 → #930
Fallers
  1. ↓ 975Holland#970 → #1,945
  2. ↓ 885Cameron#918 → #1,803
  3. ↓ 868Larue#935 → #1,803
  4. ↓ 726Irene#854 → #1,580
  5. ↓ 688Hughie#892 → #1,580

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

See the top 100 for 1913 →