Harmon
Harmon is given to both girls and boys: 5 girls and 15 boys were given it in 2025 (#15,740 among girls’ names and #5,952 among boys’, #10,401 among all names counting both); 6,642 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,170 Americans named Harmon and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (33% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 23 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Harmon by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Harmon?
#5,952 among boys’ names, 2025
Harmon fell from #4,944 in 2015 to #5,952 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 9.9 to 8.8 per million.
169 babies in 1921, the peak
Harmon peaked in 1921, when 169 boys were given it, #471 among boys’ names. The 20 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 12% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,952 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,513 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,146 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,096 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,288 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,325 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,264 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,867 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,994 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,919 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 19 | #4,944 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,048 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,104 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,565 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 18 | #5,057 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,155 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,378 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,789 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,278 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 37 | #2,995 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,753 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,312 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,805 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,654 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 30 | #3,010 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 29 | #3,012 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,820 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,954 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,529 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,310 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,271 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,898 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 6 | #8,001 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,807 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 8 | #6,148 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 14 | #4,049 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,364 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,276 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 11 | #4,066 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,553 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,364 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 10 | #4,025 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,974 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,566 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,710 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,159 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,819 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,237 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,231 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,871 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,574 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,499 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,093 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,791 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,947 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 35 | #1,424 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 23 | #1,744 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 24 | #1,623 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 28 | #1,459 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 29 | #1,434 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 29 | #1,444 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,135 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 31 | #1,411 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,179 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,187 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 42 | #1,216 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 52 | #1,072 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 48 | #1,105 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 44 | #1,173 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,058 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 59 | #978 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 56 | #999 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 76 | #827 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 57 | #942 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 61 | #905 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 52 | #963 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 67 | #838 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 72 | #799 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 104 | #678 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 75 | #770 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 73 | #713 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 52 | #883 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 102 | #630 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 80 | #718 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 97 | #611 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 101 | #590 | 0.09 |
| 1939 | 72 | #705 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 86 | #647 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 92 | #607 | 0.09 |
| 1936 | 96 | #592 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 117 | #535 | 0.11 |
| 1934 | 92 | #627 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 104 | #564 | 0.10 |
| 1932 | 116 | #546 | 0.11 |
| 1931 | 98 | #593 | 0.09 |
| 1930 | 122 | #545 | 0.11 |
| 1929 | 111 | #562 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 114 | #582 | 0.10 |
| 1927 | 132 | #532 | 0.12 |
| 1926 | 134 | #521 | 0.12 |
| 1925 | 112 | #595 | 0.10 |
| 1924 | 136 | #544 | 0.12 |
| 1923 | 129 | #540 | 0.12 |
| 1922 | 115 | #604 | 0.11 |
| 1921 | 169 | #471 | 0.15 |
| 1920 | 128 | #543 | 0.12 |
| 1919 | 143 | #498 | 0.15 |
| 1918 | 140 | #506 | 0.14 |
| 1917 | 118 | #539 | 0.13 |
| 1916 | 120 | #521 | 0.13 |
| 1915 | 117 | #515 | 0.14 |
| 1914 | 95 | #503 | 0.15 |
| 1913 | 85 | #466 | 0.17 |
| 1912 | 67 | #482 | 0.16 |
| 1911 | 31 | #536 | 0.14 |
| 1910 | 28 | #542 | 0.14 |
| 1909 | 29 | #478 | 0.18 |
| 1908 | 32 | #423 | 0.21 |
| 1907 | 18 | #604 | 0.12 |
| 1906 | 14 | #659 | 0.11 |
| 1905 | 21 | #497 | 0.16 |
| 1904 | 22 | #458 | 0.17 |
| 1903 | 17 | #538 | 0.14 |
| 1902 | 13 | #625 | 0.11 |
| 1901 | 19 | #441 | 0.18 |
| 1900 | 23 | #483 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 24 | #378 | 0.23 |
| 1898 | 19 | #477 | 0.15 |
| 1897 | 14 | #564 | 0.12 |
| 1896 | 11 | #693 | 0.09 |
| 1895 | 15 | #540 | 0.13 |
| 1894 | 20 | #429 | 0.17 |
| 1893 | 18 | #439 | 0.16 |
| 1892 | 16 | #505 | 0.13 |
| 1891 | 21 | #382 | 0.21 |
| 1890 | 27 | #337 | 0.24 |
| 1889 | 25 | #355 | 0.23 |
| 1888 | 18 | #451 | 0.15 |
| 1887 | 21 | #361 | 0.21 |
| 1886 | 18 | #421 | 0.16 |
| 1885 | 19 | #418 | 0.18 |
| 1884 | 21 | #389 | 0.18 |
| 1883 | 17 | #439 | 0.16 |
| 1882 | 20 | #404 | 0.18 |
| 1881 | 18 | #403 | 0.18 |
| 1880 | 23 | #358 | 0.21 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Harmon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Harmon has been given almost only to boys: 35 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Harmon: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Harmon, and how old are they?
2,170 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 33% of the 6,642 Americans ever recorded as Harmon. The median Harmon alive today is 58 years old; half are between 23 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 2,438 people named Harmon (108 women and girls, 2,330 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,457 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 302 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 689 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 301 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 166 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 422 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 288 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Harmon born?
The states with the most babies named Harmon are Texas, Georgia and South Carolina, with 35% of its births recorded by state since 1910; South Carolina is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 373 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Georgia | 273 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| South Carolina | 220 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Mississippi | 213 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Alabama | 178 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| New York | 125 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Arkansas | 120 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 116 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Virginia | 108 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Kentucky | 107 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Harmon is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Harmon is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Harmon with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 7,754 babies since 1880, Harmon is the most given (86% of them). In 2025 it was given to 20 of their 29 babies (69%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Harmon
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Harmon and names like it
- Compare Harmon and HarmanBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sHarmon peaked in 1921.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Harmon since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Harmon.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Harmon alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with HMost given first.