Harrell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Harrell

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,635 babies named Harrell between 1902 and 2016, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harrell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 56 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Harrell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 471 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Harrell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 389 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Harrell in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Harrell 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 2,635 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.