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
Harjot's 260 recorded births place it above 74.81% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
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
- Peak year (1997)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #9230 among boys.
260 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 14 births in a single year.
Harjot popularity over time - girls
82 total births recorded since 1990 (Harjot as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Harjot accounts for 24% of total recorded use across both genders.
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
- 1990s
1990s
81 births
- 2000s
2000s
113 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 113 births (43% of all-time use).
Harjot decade highlights
- Peak decade 113 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Harjot by state
Where Harjot concentrates geographically, total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 109 | 41.9% |
109 of 260 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 41.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 41.9% of all recorded births nationwide - a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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.
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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.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~33 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, 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.
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