Harris — #1318 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Harris

The Social Security Administration has registered 16,322 babies named Harris between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harris currently holds the #1318 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 245 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Harris performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,232 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Harris shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,694 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Harris in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Harris 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 16,322 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.