Harel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Harel

The Social Security Administration has registered 189 babies named Harel between 1930 and 2023, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Harel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Harel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Harel in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Harel 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 189 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.