Unisex name · since 1979
Harpreet
254 babies named Harpreet in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,451 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 254
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
254 girls have been named Harpreet since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Harpreet recorded 254 times among girls since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2012.
- #17,451 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 254 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harpreet ranks #17,451 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 254 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,451 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 254
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Harpreet's 254 recorded births place it above 75.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Harpreet's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Harpreet's full recorded timeline at 1994, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Harpreet popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2012
- Peak year (1994)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Harpreet popularity over time - boys
249 total births recorded since 1981 (Harpreet as boys' name)
Harpreet by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (111 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Harpreet's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Harpreet births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
74 births
- 1990s
1990s
111 births
- 2000s
2000s
58 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 111 births (44% of all-time use).
Harpreet by state
Where Harpreet concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 85 | 33.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 24 | 9.4% |
85 of 254 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Harpreet's data
- Harpreet's decade-level peak was the 1990s (111 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Harpreets (85 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Harpreet: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1979–2012 (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 Harpreet 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.