Harbor — #3495 US unisex name
782 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.
More common than 80% of names given to girls today.
55% of everyone ever named Harbor was born in this single decade.
81 babies were named Harbor in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Harbor
The Social Security Administration has registered 782 babies named Harbor between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Harbor currently holds the #3495 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 81 babies received it in a single year. Harbor is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 389 additional births since 2006.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Harbor performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 434 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Harbor shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 60 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Harbor in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Harbor in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 782 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Harbor at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Harbor popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2018)
- 81
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #3495 among girls.
782 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 81 births in a single year.
Harbor popularity over time — boys
389 total births recorded since 2006 (Harbor as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Harbor accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Harbor by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 434 births that decade — 55% of Harbor's all-time total
Harbor decade highlights
- Peak decade 434 births
- Runner-up 319 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Harbor's strongest decade
434 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Harbor by state
Where Harbor concentrates geographically — total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 60 | 7.7% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 23 | 2.9% |
| #3 | California | | 18 | 2.3% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 16 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Texas | | 16 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Washington | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.6% |
60 of 782 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 7.7% of nationwide
- North Carolina 2.9% of nationwide
- California 2.3% of nationwide
- Tennessee 2.0% of nationwide
- Texas 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 7.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Harbor appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2006–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.