Unisex name · since 1880
Harman
Harman has 1,049 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,982 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,248 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,049
- born since 1880
- 2000s
- peak decade
Harman currently ranks #8248 among unisex names in America, with 1,049 babies recorded since 1880.
Harman has 1,049 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8248 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #4,982 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,248 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,049 born since 1880
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harman ranks #4,982 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,248 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,049 born since 1880, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,982 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,248 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,049
- born since 1880
- 2000s
- peak decade
Harman's 1,049 recorded births place it above 89.04% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Harman compares
1,049 Top 31% higher than 69% of 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
Harman's all-time total is 184% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Harman | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,049 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 34 | 22,252 |
Harman's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Harman's full recorded timeline at 1957, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1887, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 32 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Harman popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Harman popularity over time - girls
63 total births recorded since 1999 (Harman as girls' name)
Harman by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (242 births, 23% of the file).
2000s was Harman's strongest decade.
242 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Harman births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 19
1880s
19 births
- 1890s 10
1890s
10 births
- 1910s
1910s
98 births
- 1920s
1920s
132 births
- 1930s
1930s
100 births
- 1940s 48
1940s
48 births
- 1950s 49
1950s
49 births
- 1960s 21
1960s
21 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
129 births
- 2000s
2000s
242 births
- 2010s
2010s
142 births
- 2020s 48
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 242 births (23% of all-time use).
How Harman compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Harman's total volume
Harman by state
Where Harman concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 184 | 17.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 32 | 3.1% |
| #3 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #4 | West Virginia | | 5 | 0.5% |
184 of 1,049 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Harman's data
- Harman's decade-level peak was the 2000s (242 total births); usage has since declined to 48 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Harmans (184 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 Harman: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Harman 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.