Unisex name · since 2006
Harbor
840 babies named Harbor in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,472 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,993 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 840
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
840 babies have been named Harbor since 2006, making it today's #2993 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harbor has been recorded 840 times among girls since 2006, currently ranked #2993 nationally and more common than 83% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #8,472 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,993 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 840 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harbor ranks #8,472 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,993 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 840 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,472 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,993 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 840
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Harbor's 840 recorded births place it above 88.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Harbor compares
840 Top 35% higher than 65% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Harbor's all-time total is 123% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Harbor | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 840 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 81 | 21 | 19,840 |
Harbor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Harbor's full recorded timeline at 2016, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 81 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Harbor popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 81
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Harbor popularity over time - boys
418 total births recorded since 2006 (Harbor as boys' name)
Harbor by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (434 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Harbor's strongest decade.
434 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Harbor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 29
2000s
29 births
- 2010s
2010s
434 births
- 2020s
2020s
377 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 434 births (52% of all-time use).
How Harbor compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Harbor's total volume
Harbor by state
Where Harbor concentrates geographically, total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 67 | 8.0% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 23 | 2.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 22 | 2.6% |
| #4 | California | | 18 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 16 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Washington | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 7 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.6% |
67 of 840 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Harbor appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Harbor's data
- Harbor's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (434 total births) through the 2020s (377) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Harbors (67 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Harbor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~19 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2006–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Harbor draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.