Unisex name · since 1992

Harjot

Harjot has 260 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#11,443 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#9,230 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
260
born since 1992
2000s
peak decade

Yes -- Harjot is the #9230 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 260 recorded since 1992.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harjot has been recorded 260 times among boys since 1992, currently ranked #9230 nationally and more common than 34% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.

  • #11,443 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #9,230 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 260 born since 1992
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harjot ranks #11,443 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,230 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 260 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.

#11,443 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#9,230 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
260
born since 1992
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%33.7%
Harjot vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Harjot's 260 recorded births place it above 74.81% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Harjot compares

260 43rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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

Harjot's all-time total is 30% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Harjot Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 260 369 358,536
Peak-year births 14 34 22,252

Harjot's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Harjot's full recorded timeline at 2005, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Harjot popularity over time - boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1997)
14
Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
46810121416 19921996200020042008201320182025 8

Harjot popularity over time - girls

82 total births recorded since 1990 (Harjot as girls' name)

Unisex variant - 82 births
4681012 1990199320002003200620102012 5

Harjot by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (113 births, 43% of the file).

2000s was Harjot's strongest decade.

113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.

Harjot births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 113 births (43% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Harjot by state

Where Harjot concentrates geographically, total births since 1992

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Harjot
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
109 41.9%
California share of Harjot's total US births 41.9%

109 of 260 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Harjot?
Harjot has been given to 260 babies in the U.S. since 1992, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #11,443 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #9,230 of 13,930. 14 babies were born in 1997, its single highest year.
Where does Harjot sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harjot ranks #11,443 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,230 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Harjot most popular?
Harjot was most popular in the 2000s decade with 113 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
Where is Harjot most popular?
The top states for the name Harjot are California (109 births).
Is Harjot a unisex name?
Yes, Harjot is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 260 births, and as a girl's name it has 82 births.
How long has the name Harjot been used?
The SSA has tracked Harjot since 1992 -- 34 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Harjot?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Harold, Harry, Harvey, Harrison, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Harjot's data

  • Harjot's decade-level peak was the 2000s (113 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • California records the most Harjots (109 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Harjot

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Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Harjot

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Harjot: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1992–2025 (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 Harjot 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.