Harrison — #121 US boys' name
96,050 babies named Harrison in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.2% of names given to boys today.
30% of everyone ever named Harrison was born in this single decade.
3,662 babies were named Harrison in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Harrison
The Social Security Administration has registered 96,050 babies named Harrison between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harrison currently holds the #121 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 3,662 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Harrison performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 28,555 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Harrison shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7,187 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Harrison in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Harrison 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 96,050 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.
Harrison at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Harrison popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2016)
- 3,662
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #121 among boys.
96,050 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 3,662 births in a single year.
Harrison popularity over time — girls
316 total births recorded since 1923 (Harrison as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Harrison accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Harrison by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 28,555 births that decade — 30% of Harrison's all-time total
Harrison decade highlights
- Peak decade 28,555 births
- Runner-up 17,205 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Harrison's strongest decade
28,555 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Harrison by state
Where Harrison concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7,187 | 7.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6,574 | 6.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 5,383 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 4,129 | 4.3% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 3,742 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 3,604 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Florida | | 3,474 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 3,200 | 3.3% |
7,187 of 96,050 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.5% of nationwide
- Texas 6.8% of nationwide
- New York 5.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.3% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Harrison appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.