Harris
Harris is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 147 births. Its best rank was 316th, in 1889.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1470.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1921245 births
- Best rank
- #316in 1889
- Since 1880
- 16,322people given the name
The story in the numbers
16,322 boys have been named Harris in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 245 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1953, and the 1920s alone account for 14%. It has spent 97 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Harris | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 187 | |
| 1890s | 231 | |
| 1900s | 270 | |
| 1910s | 1,433 | |
| 1920s | 2,232 | |
| 1930s | 1,629 | |
| 1940s | 1,668 | |
| 1950s | 1,362 | |
| 1960s | 794 | |
| 1970s | 650 | |
| 1980s | 744 | |
| 1990s | 1,138 | |
| 2000s | 1,343 | |
| 2010s | 1,710 | |
| 2020s | 931 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Harris was the 387th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Harris
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Edwinpeak 1922
- Louiepeak 2024
- Julespeak 1928
- Mahlonpeak 1919
- Forrestpeak 1994
- Trumanpeak 1945
- Olinpeak 1921
- Ulyssespeak 1999
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.