Harrison
Harrison was given to 3,072 boys in 2025, #116 among boys’ names; 99,462 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 85,500 Americans named Harrison and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (86% of everyone recorded); the median is 14 years old and half are between 7 and 27.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Harrison by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Harrison mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Harrison is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
/ˈhæɹ.ɪ.sən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Harrison?
#116 among boys’ names, 2025
Harrison rose from #119 in 2015 to #116 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 1.7 to 1.8 per 1,000.
3,670 babies in 2016, the peak
Harrison peaked in 2016, when 3,670 babies were given it (3,662 boys, #107 among boys’ names). The 3,080 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 84% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,072 | #116 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 2,966 | #121 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 3,068 | #119 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 2,920 | #128 | 1.7 |
| 2021 | 3,150 | #121 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | 3,221 | #114 | 1.9 |
| 2019 | 3,455 | #111 | 1.9 |
| 2018 | 3,413 | #115 | 1.9 |
| 2017 | 3,521 | #113 | 1.9 |
| 2016 | 3,662 | #107 | 1.9 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,343 | #119 | 1.7 |
| 2014 | 3,205 | #127 | 1.7 |
| 2013 | 2,511 | #162 | 1.3 |
| 2012 | 2,126 | #181 | 1.1 |
| 2011 | 1,830 | #199 | 1.0 |
| 2010 | 1,491 | #233 | 0.78 |
| 2009 | 1,466 | #241 | 0.74 |
| 2008 | 1,735 | #219 | 0.85 |
| 2007 | 1,654 | #225 | 0.80 |
| 2006 | 1,560 | #231 | 0.76 |
| 2005 | 1,717 | #211 | 0.86 |
| 2004 | 1,729 | #209 | 0.87 |
| 2003 | 1,697 | #212 | 0.86 |
| 2002 | 1,866 | #199 | 1.0 |
| 2001 | 1,798 | #203 | 0.93 |
| 2000 | 1,986 | #184 | 1.0 |
| 1999 | 1,925 | #182 | 1.0 |
| 1998 | 1,903 | #174 | 1.0 |
| 1997 | 1,824 | #181 | 1.0 |
| 1996 | 1,478 | #209 | 0.78 |
| 1995 | 1,362 | #217 | 0.72 |
| 1994 | 1,331 | #218 | 0.69 |
| 1993 | 1,031 | #279 | 0.53 |
| 1992 | 1,019 | #282 | 0.51 |
| 1991 | 981 | #273 | 0.49 |
| 1990 | 929 | #280 | 0.45 |
| 1989 | 883 | #283 | 0.44 |
| 1988 | 694 | #314 | 0.36 |
| 1987 | 592 | #341 | 0.32 |
| 1986 | 462 | #394 | 0.25 |
| 1985 | 416 | #419 | 0.23 |
| 1984 | 221 | #572 | 0.12 |
| 1983 | 227 | #559 | 0.13 |
| 1982 | 201 | #603 | 0.11 |
| 1981 | 139 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1980 | 135 | #756 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 105 | #846 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 100 | #861 | 0.06 |
| 1977 | 78 | #971 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 102 | #829 | 0.07 |
| 1975 | 112 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1974 | 107 | #778 | 0.07 |
| 1973 | 117 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1972 | 114 | #742 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 99 | #814 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 119 | #753 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 118 | #719 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 111 | #714 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 133 | #648 | 0.08 |
| 1966 | 129 | #654 | 0.07 |
| 1965 | 117 | #690 | 0.06 |
| 1964 | 132 | #671 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 158 | #622 | 0.08 |
| 1962 | 168 | #599 | 0.08 |
| 1961 | 140 | #660 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 175 | #590 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 191 | #566 | 0.09 |
| 1958 | 176 | #583 | 0.08 |
| 1957 | 204 | #542 | 0.09 |
| 1956 | 187 | #554 | 0.09 |
| 1955 | 192 | #529 | 0.09 |
| 1954 | 205 | #505 | 0.10 |
| 1953 | 219 | #471 | 0.11 |
| 1952 | 229 | #464 | 0.12 |
| 1951 | 218 | #459 | 0.12 |
| 1950 | 216 | #447 | 0.12 |
| 1949 | 232 | #438 | 0.13 |
| 1948 | 240 | #432 | 0.14 |
| 1947 | 263 | #421 | 0.14 |
| 1946 | 196 | #452 | 0.12 |
| 1945 | 226 | #398 | 0.17 |
| 1944 | 179 | #454 | 0.13 |
| 1943 | 233 | #405 | 0.16 |
| 1942 | 211 | #422 | 0.15 |
| 1941 | 177 | #437 | 0.14 |
| 1940 | 178 | #434 | 0.15 |
| 1939 | 203 | #400 | 0.18 |
| 1938 | 216 | #383 | 0.19 |
| 1937 | 211 | #381 | 0.20 |
| 1936 | 183 | #405 | 0.18 |
| 1935 | 198 | #386 | 0.19 |
| 1934 | 203 | #384 | 0.20 |
| 1933 | 233 | #353 | 0.23 |
| 1932 | 251 | #349 | 0.24 |
| 1931 | 226 | #373 | 0.22 |
| 1930 | 241 | #368 | 0.22 |
| 1929 | 223 | #388 | 0.21 |
| 1928 | 274 | #345 | 0.25 |
| 1927 | 293 | #335 | 0.26 |
| 1926 | 302 | #334 | 0.27 |
| 1925 | 349 | #304 | 0.31 |
| 1924 | 333 | #316 | 0.29 |
| 1923 | 361 | #294 | 0.33 |
| 1922 | 374 | #292 | 0.34 |
| 1921 | 349 | #310 | 0.32 |
| 1920 | 407 | #277 | 0.38 |
| 1919 | 322 | #308 | 0.33 |
| 1918 | 372 | #276 | 0.37 |
| 1917 | 320 | #292 | 0.35 |
| 1916 | 298 | #301 | 0.33 |
| 1915 | 313 | #279 | 0.37 |
| 1914 | 262 | #270 | 0.40 |
| 1913 | 197 | #280 | 0.38 |
| 1912 | 170 | #270 | 0.40 |
| 1911 | 82 | #292 | 0.36 |
| 1910 | 95 | #247 | 0.49 |
| 1909 | 57 | #305 | 0.35 |
| 1908 | 59 | #284 | 0.38 |
| 1907 | 55 | #285 | 0.37 |
| 1906 | 44 | #313 | 0.33 |
| 1905 | 56 | #265 | 0.42 |
| 1904 | 46 | #281 | 0.36 |
| 1903 | 47 | #271 | 0.39 |
| 1902 | 53 | #255 | 0.43 |
| 1901 | 44 | #260 | 0.41 |
| 1900 | 69 | #245 | 0.46 |
| 1899 | 54 | #227 | 0.51 |
| 1898 | 83 | #187 | 0.68 |
| 1897 | 69 | #205 | 0.61 |
| 1896 | 79 | #200 | 0.66 |
| 1895 | 81 | #189 | 0.69 |
| 1894 | 85 | #178 | 0.73 |
| 1893 | 120 | #125 | 1.1 |
| 1892 | 158 | #111 | 1.3 |
| 1891 | 106 | #130 | 1.0 |
| 1890 | 156 | #107 | 1.4 |
| 1889 | 288 | #68 | 2.6 |
| 1888 | 400 | #52 | 3.3 |
| 1887 | 99 | #130 | 1.0 |
| 1886 | 77 | #178 | 0.70 |
| 1885 | 45 | #247 | 0.42 |
| 1884 | 63 | #207 | 0.55 |
| 1883 | 61 | #194 | 0.58 |
| 1882 | 76 | #178 | 0.67 |
| 1881 | 61 | #189 | 0.61 |
| 1880 | 65 | #190 | 0.59 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Harrison a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Harrison has been given almost only to boys: 324 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Harrison: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Harrison, and how old are they?
85,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 86% of the 99,462 Americans ever recorded as Harrison. The median Harrison alive today is 14 years old; half are between 7 and 27.
The 2020 Census counted 67,132 people named Harrison (353 women and girls, 66,779 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 69,385 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 716 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,420 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,590 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 11,500 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 28,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 41,300 |
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 Harrison born?
The states with the most babies named Harrison are Texas, California and New York, with 20% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 247 | #153 | 0.8× |
| California | 225 | #176 | 0.6× |
| New York | 147 | #126 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 127 | #97 | 1.3× |
| Florida | 127 | #177 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 120 | #111 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 111 | #103 | 1.4× |
| Illinois | 108 | #109 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 107 | #86 | 0.8× |
| Indiana | 105 | #68 | 1.0× |
Where Harrison is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Harrison is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 1.4 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 Harrison 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 2 names spelled alike, given to 99,525 babies since 1880, Harrison is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 3,080 of their 3,080 babies (100%), 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 Harrison
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 Harrison and names like it
- Compare Harrison and HarisonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sHarrison peaked in 2016.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Harrison since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Harrison: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2016The year the most babies were named Harrison.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Harrison alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with HMost given first.