Harld — boys' name
15 babies named Harld in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Harld was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Harld in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Harld
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Harld between 1919 and 1930, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harld currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1930. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Harld performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Harld shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Harld 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 15 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.
Harld at a glance
Last recorded 1930Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Harld popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–1919
- Peak year (1919)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1930.
15 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 5 births in a single year.
Harld by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 5 births that decade — 33% of Harld's all-time total
Harld decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Harld's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1919–1930 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.