Harm — boys' name

What the Data Says About Harm

The Social Security Administration has registered 320 babies named Harm between 1895 and 1940, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harm currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1940. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Harm performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 114 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Harm shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Harm in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Harm 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 320 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.