Harry — #776 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Harry

The Social Security Administration has registered 423,531 babies named Harry between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harry currently holds the #776 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 9,896 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Harry performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 86,183 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Harry shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 50,895 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Harry in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Harry 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 423,531 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.