Harrington — #9930 US boys' name
330 babies named Harrington in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to boys today.
22% of everyone ever named Harrington was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Harrington in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Harrington
The Social Security Administration has registered 330 babies named Harrington between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harrington currently holds the #9930 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Harrington performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Harrington shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Harrington in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Harrington 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 330 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.
Harrington at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Harrington popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1912
- Peak year (2018)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 113 years of records
Currently ranks #9930 among boys.
330 total births across 113 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 13 births in a single year.
Harrington by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 74 births that decade — 22% of Harrington's all-time total
Harrington decade highlights
- Peak decade 74 births
- Runner-up 46 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Harrington's strongest decade
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Harrington by state
Where Harrington concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.5% |
5 of 330 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.5% 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, 1912–2024 (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.