Boys' name · since 1998
Harkaran
17 babies named Harkaran in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,137 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 17
- born since 1998
- 1990s
- peak decade
Harkaran is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 17 have been recorded since 1998.
Harkaran has 17 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2000.
- #30,137 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 17 born since 1998
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harkaran ranks #30,137 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1998, peaking in the 1990s.
- #30,137 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 17
- born since 1998
- 1990s
- peak decade
Harkaran's 17 recorded births place it above 32.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Harkaran's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Harkaran splits its recorded history at 1999: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Harkaran popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2000
- Peak year (1999)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Harkaran by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (12 births, 71% of the file).
1990s was Harkaran's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Harkaran births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
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- Harkaran's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2000s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Harkaran: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
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, 1998–2000 (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 Harkaran 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.