Harris
Harris was given to 150 boys in 2025, #1,300 among boys’ names; 16,661 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 9,100 Americans named Harris and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (55% of everyone recorded); the median is 29 years old and half are between 12 and 60.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Harris by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Harris mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Harris is “a male given name.” Its etymology gives the sense “patronymic suffix” (-s).
From Harry + -s (“patronymic suffix”). From Harry, a male given name derived from a Middle English pronunciation of Old French Henri.
/ˈhæɹɪs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Harris?
#1,300 among boys’ names, 2025
Harris fell from #1,009 in 2015 to #1,300 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.11 to 0.09 per 1,000.
245 babies in 1921, the peak
Harris peaked in 1921, when 245 boys were given it, #387 among boys’ names. The 156 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 64% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 150 | #1,300 | 0.09 |
| 2024 | 147 | #1,319 | 0.09 |
| 2023 | 178 | #1,165 | 0.10 |
| 2022 | 174 | #1,172 | 0.10 |
| 2021 | 219 | #1,001 | 0.13 |
| 2020 | 214 | #996 | 0.12 |
| 2019 | 202 | #1,030 | 0.11 |
| 2018 | 202 | #1,020 | 0.11 |
| 2017 | 193 | #1,043 | 0.10 |
| 2016 | 212 | #972 | 0.11 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 203 | #1,009 | 0.11 |
| 2014 | 176 | #1,090 | 0.09 |
| 2013 | 151 | #1,190 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 139 | #1,269 | 0.07 |
| 2011 | 117 | #1,420 | 0.06 |
| 2010 | 115 | #1,445 | 0.06 |
| 2009 | 121 | #1,405 | 0.06 |
| 2008 | 139 | #1,255 | 0.07 |
| 2007 | 151 | #1,173 | 0.07 |
| 2006 | 136 | #1,232 | 0.07 |
| 2005 | 116 | #1,309 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 132 | #1,179 | 0.07 |
| 2003 | 138 | #1,113 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 143 | #1,062 | 0.07 |
| 2001 | 135 | #1,068 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 132 | #1,077 | 0.07 |
| 1999 | 134 | #1,033 | 0.07 |
| 1998 | 132 | #1,024 | 0.07 |
| 1997 | 115 | #1,100 | 0.06 |
| 1996 | 102 | #1,155 | 0.05 |
| 1995 | 118 | #1,021 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 103 | #1,109 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 115 | #1,027 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 110 | #1,043 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 110 | #1,027 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 99 | #1,065 | 0.05 |
| 1989 | 104 | #1,001 | 0.05 |
| 1988 | 100 | #965 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 81 | #1,062 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 72 | #1,103 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 78 | #1,043 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 68 | #1,087 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 57 | #1,209 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 62 | #1,167 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 74 | #1,063 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 48 | #1,363 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 80 | #996 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 64 | #1,092 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 63 | #1,095 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 50 | #1,230 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 70 | #982 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 61 | #1,054 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 66 | #997 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 71 | #962 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 59 | #1,061 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 65 | #1,008 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 58 | #1,012 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 60 | #942 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 75 | #830 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 82 | #806 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 67 | #905 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 78 | #862 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 99 | #768 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 83 | #835 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 86 | #828 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 106 | #749 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 106 | #743 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 113 | #706 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 124 | #686 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 132 | #661 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 137 | #634 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 141 | #621 | 0.07 |
| 1953 | 156 | #572 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 144 | #580 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 136 | #596 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 173 | #510 | 0.10 |
| 1949 | 170 | #509 | 0.10 |
| 1948 | 166 | #510 | 0.09 |
| 1947 | 190 | #488 | 0.10 |
| 1946 | 161 | #508 | 0.10 |
| 1945 | 180 | #443 | 0.13 |
| 1944 | 157 | #483 | 0.12 |
| 1943 | 160 | #489 | 0.11 |
| 1942 | 176 | #468 | 0.13 |
| 1941 | 150 | #480 | 0.12 |
| 1940 | 158 | #460 | 0.14 |
| 1939 | 143 | #477 | 0.13 |
| 1938 | 144 | #483 | 0.13 |
| 1937 | 158 | #444 | 0.15 |
| 1936 | 142 | #472 | 0.14 |
| 1935 | 181 | #409 | 0.17 |
| 1934 | 166 | #438 | 0.16 |
| 1933 | 176 | #408 | 0.18 |
| 1932 | 155 | #459 | 0.15 |
| 1931 | 182 | #417 | 0.18 |
| 1930 | 182 | #435 | 0.17 |
| 1929 | 213 | #397 | 0.20 |
| 1928 | 225 | #400 | 0.20 |
| 1927 | 212 | #414 | 0.19 |
| 1926 | 213 | #414 | 0.19 |
| 1925 | 211 | #413 | 0.19 |
| 1924 | 224 | #411 | 0.20 |
| 1923 | 230 | #392 | 0.21 |
| 1922 | 233 | #392 | 0.21 |
| 1921 | 245 | #387 | 0.22 |
| 1920 | 226 | #396 | 0.21 |
| 1919 | 201 | #412 | 0.21 |
| 1918 | 234 | #391 | 0.23 |
| 1917 | 175 | #429 | 0.19 |
| 1916 | 203 | #388 | 0.23 |
| 1915 | 196 | #383 | 0.23 |
| 1914 | 137 | #407 | 0.21 |
| 1913 | 120 | #388 | 0.23 |
| 1912 | 83 | #428 | 0.19 |
| 1911 | 51 | #402 | 0.23 |
| 1910 | 33 | #486 | 0.17 |
| 1909 | 40 | #379 | 0.24 |
| 1908 | 38 | #376 | 0.25 |
| 1907 | 26 | #459 | 0.18 |
| 1906 | 31 | #390 | 0.23 |
| 1905 | 26 | #425 | 0.20 |
| 1904 | 18 | #524 | 0.14 |
| 1903 | 21 | #455 | 0.18 |
| 1902 | 26 | #397 | 0.21 |
| 1901 | 11 | #657 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 33 | #388 | 0.22 |
| 1899 | 20 | #420 | 0.19 |
| 1898 | 25 | #400 | 0.20 |
| 1897 | 26 | #371 | 0.23 |
| 1896 | 27 | #373 | 0.23 |
| 1895 | 22 | #421 | 0.19 |
| 1894 | 22 | #404 | 0.19 |
| 1893 | 18 | #440 | 0.16 |
| 1892 | 28 | #365 | 0.23 |
| 1891 | 26 | #335 | 0.26 |
| 1890 | 17 | #447 | 0.15 |
| 1889 | 31 | #316 | 0.28 |
| 1888 | 27 | #355 | 0.22 |
| 1887 | 12 | #528 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 19 | #408 | 0.17 |
| 1885 | 14 | #510 | 0.13 |
| 1884 | 20 | #406 | 0.17 |
| 1883 | 15 | #468 | 0.14 |
| 1882 | 16 | #459 | 0.14 |
| 1881 | 15 | #450 | 0.15 |
| 1880 | 18 | #411 | 0.16 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Harris a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 16,661 Americans recorded as Harris, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 6 girls and 150 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Harris: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Harris, and how old are they?
9,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 55% of the 16,661 Americans ever recorded as Harris. The median Harris alive today is 29 years old; half are between 12 and 60.
The 2020 Census counted 10,007 people named Harris (427 women and girls, 9,580 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,845 born in the U.S. The Census count is 13% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Harris rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 563 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,590 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 915 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,390 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,120 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,510 |
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 Harris born?
The states with the most babies named Harris are New York, Georgia and Texas, with 36% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,701 | #1,477 | 1.3× |
| Georgia | 1,065 | #1,270 | 2.2× |
| Texas | 1,020 | #1,435 | 0.9× |
| Louisiana | 704 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 674 | #1,311 | 0.7× |
| California | 671 | #2,064 | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 442 | #838 | 0.9× |
| South Carolina | 408 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Tennessee | 398 | #804 | 1.1× |
| Alabama | 376 | #494 | 1.1× |
Where Harris is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Harris is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 2.3 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 Harris 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 3 names spelled alike, given to 18,736 babies since 1880, Harris is the most given (89% of them). In 2025 it was given to 156 of their 212 babies (74%), 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 Harris
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 Harris and names like it
- Compare Harris and HarisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sHarris peaked in 1921.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Harris since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Harris.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Harris alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with HMost given first.