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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #8, 1889boys
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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—#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 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #18 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 46 boysAKMaine: #39 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 167 boysMEVermont: #49 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 191 boysVTNew Hampshire: #28 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 107 boysNHWashington: #37 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 165 boysWAIdaho: #62 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 224 boysIDMontana: #28 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 124 boysMTNorth Dakota: #64 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 236 boysNDMinnesota: #75 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 350 boysMNIllinois: #36 for boys · 265 births · 1 in 186 boysILWisconsin: #53 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 250 boysWIMichigan: #32 for boys · 210 births · 1 in 170 boysMINew York: #46 for boys · 410 births · 1 in 204 boysNYMassachusetts: #47 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 259 boysMARhode Island: #43 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 219 boysRIOregon: #41 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 170 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Harry, so not publishedNVWyoming: #24 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 99 boysWYSouth Dakota: #92 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 350 boysSDIowa: #65 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 270 boysIAIndiana: #37 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 187 boysINOhio: #26 for boys · 301 births · 1 in 143 boysOHPennsylvania: #18 for boys · 761 births · 1 in 91 boysPANew Jersey: #26 for boys · 210 births · 1 in 117 boysNJConnecticut: #37 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 160 boysCTCalifornia: #35 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 173 boysCAUtah: #81 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 288 boysUTColorado: #36 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 160 boysCONebraska: #41 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 168 boysNEMissouri: #40 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 186 boysMOKentucky: #39 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 208 boysKYWest Virginia: #27 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 121 boysWVVirginia: #27 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 118 boysVAMaryland: #18 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 104 boysMDDelaware: #12 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 48 boysDEArizona: #47 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 178 boysAZNew Mexico: #41 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 159 boysNMKansas: #57 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 224 boysKSArkansas: #76 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 353 boysARTennessee: #47 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 247 boysTNNorth Carolina: #49 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 244 boysNCSouth Carolina: #34 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 168 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #22 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 107 boysDCOklahoma: #80 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 353 boysOKLouisiana: #38 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 167 boysLAMississippi: #74 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 353 boysMSAlabama: #73 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 371 boysALGeorgia: #49 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 248 boysGAHawaii: #21 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 70 boysHITexas: #102 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 458 boysTXFlorida: #32 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 137 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Delaware#12 · 1 in 48
  2. Alaska#18 · 1 in 46
  3. Pennsylvania#18 · 1 in 91
  4. Maryland#18 · 1 in 104
  5. Hawaii#21 · 1 in 70

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#12291 in 48
Alaska#1861 in 46
Maryland#181061 in 104
Pennsylvania#187611 in 91
Hawaii#21431 in 70
District of Columbia#22351 in 107
Wyoming#24151 in 99
New Jersey#262101 in 117
Ohio#263011 in 143
Virginia#271811 in 118
West Virginia#271311 in 121
Montana#28281 in 124
New Hampshire#28271 in 107
Florida#32801 in 137
Michigan#322101 in 170
South Carolina#341071 in 168
California#351961 in 173
Colorado#36481 in 160
Illinois#362651 in 186
Connecticut#37591 in 160
Indiana#371181 in 187
Washington#37531 in 165
Louisiana#381051 in 167
Kentucky#391191 in 208
Maine#39361 in 167
Missouri#401441 in 186
Nebraska#41611 in 168
New Mexico#41291 in 159
Oregon#41301 in 170
Rhode Island#43191 in 219
New York#464101 in 204
Arizona#47201 in 178
Massachusetts#471071 in 259
Tennessee#47981 in 247
Georgia#491091 in 248
North Carolina#491351 in 244
Vermont#49121 in 191
Wisconsin#53891 in 250
Kansas#57591 in 224
Idaho#62151 in 224
North Dakota#64241 in 236
Iowa#65671 in 270
Alabama#73691 in 371
Mississippi#74531 in 353
Minnesota#75551 in 350
Arkansas#76491 in 353
Oklahoma#80621 in 353
Utah#81161 in 288
South Dakota#92151 in 350
Texas#1021171 in 458
Nevada———

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 1933

girls
#1,364
28 births · 1 in 35,998 girls
boys
#35
5,134 births · 1 in 193 boys

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #1,364Harry28

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #35Harry5,134
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 35,998 of them was named Harry, which outranked 71.9% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harry
  1. #1,330Sydelle29
  2. #1,330Valentina29
  3. #1,330Willetta29
  4. #1,364Harry28
  5. #1,364Adelia28
  6. #1,364Albertine28
  7. #1,364Alean28
  8. #1,400Afton27
  9. #1,400Angelica27
  10. #1,400Ardyth27

Tied with 35 names at #1,364; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,022Rheta#1,754 → #732
  2. ↑ 930Joellen#1,877 → #947
  3. ↑ 583Veola#1,568 → #985
  4. ↑ 483Sharlene#1,162 → #679
  5. ↑ 475Louetta#1,448 → #973
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Golda#969 → #1,364
  2. ↓ 322Louis#940 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 298Bebe#899 → #1,197
  4. ↓ 291Clyde#998 → #1,289
  5. ↓ 291Mariam#998 → #1,289

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

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 193 of them was named Harry, which outranked 99.2% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harry
  1. #32Willie5,983
  2. #33Franklin5,363
  3. #34Fred5,287
  4. #35Harry5,134
  5. #36Howard4,995
  6. #37Norman4,959
  7. #38Lawrence4,911
Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 553Neville#1,548 → #995
  2. ↑ 401Cordell#1,286 → #885
  3. ↑ 381Hamilton#1,286 → #905
  4. ↑ 375Delano#677 → #302
  5. ↑ 313Jan#937 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Hoover#793 → #1,361
  2. ↓ 541Porfirio#915 → #1,456
  3. ↓ 424Rosendo#937 → #1,361
  4. ↓ 381Alfonzo#821 → #1,202
  5. ↓ 368Hillard#862 → #1,230

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

See the top 100 for 1933 →