Harman — #10899 US boys' name
1,040 babies named Harman in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to boys today.
23% of everyone ever named Harman was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Harman in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Harman
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,040 babies named Harman between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harman currently holds the #10899 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 32 babies received it in a single year. Harman is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 63 additional births since 1999.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Harman performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 242 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Harman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 184 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Harman in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Harman 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 1,040 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.
Harman at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Harman popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2008)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #10899 among boys.
1,040 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 32 births in a single year.
Harman popularity over time — girls
63 total births recorded since 1999 (Harman as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Harman accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Harman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 242 births that decade — 23% of Harman's all-time total
Harman decade highlights
- Peak decade 242 births
- Runner-up 142 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Harman's strongest decade
242 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Harman by state
Where Harman concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 184 | 17.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 32 | 3.1% |
| #3 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #4 | West Virginia | | 5 | 0.5% |
184 of 1,040 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 17.7% of nationwide
- New York 3.1% of nationwide
- Virginia 0.5% of nationwide
- West Virginia 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 17.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1880–2024 (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.