Boys' name · since 1924
Harcourt
11 babies named Harcourt in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,529 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1924
- 1920s
- peak decade
Harcourt sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 11 recorded since 1924.
Harcourt has 11 recorded births among boys since 1924, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 1926.
- #33,529 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 11 born since 1924
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harcourt ranks #33,529 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1924, peaking in the 1920s.
- #33,529 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1924
- 1920s
- peak decade
Harcourt's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Harcourt's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Harcourt's SSA record in two at 1926 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1926, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1924 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Harcourt popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–1926
- Peak year (1924)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Harcourt by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (11 births, 100% of the file).
1920s was Harcourt's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Harcourt births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Harcourt: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
Similar record span (~2 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, 1924–1926 (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 Harcourt 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.