Harry
Harry was given to 329 boys in 2025, #775 among boys’ names; 425,883 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 111,000 Americans named Harry and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (26% of everyone recorded); the median is 68 years old and half are between 53 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Harry by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Harry mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Harry is “a male given name.”
Also “a male given name from the Germanic languages.”
Medieval English spoken form of Old French Henri.
/ˈhæɹi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Harry?
#775 among boys’ names, 2025
Harry rose from #779 in 2015 to #775 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.16 to 0.19 per 1,000.
9,938 babies in 1918, the peak
Harry peaked in 1918, when 9,938 babies were given it (9,896 boys, #20 among boys’ names). The 329 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 329 | #775 | 0.19 |
| 2024 | 324 | #776 | 0.19 |
| 2023 | 323 | #784 | 0.19 |
| 2022 | 381 | #695 | 0.22 |
| 2021 | 359 | #721 | 0.21 |
| 2020 | 345 | #719 | 0.20 |
| 2019 | 414 | #649 | 0.23 |
| 2018 | 428 | #623 | 0.24 |
| 2017 | 401 | #648 | 0.22 |
| 2016 | 377 | #677 | 0.20 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 302 | #779 | 0.16 |
| 2014 | 337 | #716 | 0.18 |
| 2013 | 331 | #712 | 0.17 |
| 2012 | 325 | #721 | 0.17 |
| 2011 | 324 | #707 | 0.17 |
| 2010 | 364 | #660 | 0.19 |
| 2009 | 384 | #646 | 0.19 |
| 2008 | 381 | #642 | 0.19 |
| 2007 | 445 | #578 | 0.21 |
| 2006 | 414 | #595 | 0.20 |
| 2005 | 459 | #528 | 0.23 |
| 2004 | 447 | #530 | 0.23 |
| 2003 | 447 | #524 | 0.23 |
| 2002 | 438 | #518 | 0.23 |
| 2001 | 454 | #501 | 0.23 |
| 2000 | 442 | #512 | 0.23 |
| 1999 | 460 | #484 | 0.24 |
| 1998 | 482 | #468 | 0.25 |
| 1997 | 449 | #480 | 0.24 |
| 1996 | 482 | #456 | 0.25 |
| 1995 | 508 | #448 | 0.27 |
| 1994 | 551 | #417 | 0.29 |
| 1993 | 567 | #408 | 0.29 |
| 1992 | 644 | #367 | 0.32 |
| 1991 | 635 | #368 | 0.31 |
| 1990 | 628 | #371 | 0.31 |
| 1989 | 747 | #322 | 0.37 |
| 1988 | 672 | #322 | 0.35 |
| 1987 | 711 | #303 | 0.38 |
| 1986 | 675 | #303 | 0.37 |
| 1985 | 778 | #269 | 0.42 |
| 1984 | 728 | #286 | 0.40 |
| 1983 | 752 | #275 | 0.42 |
| 1982 | 767 | #273 | 0.42 |
| 1981 | 835 | #258 | 0.47 |
| 1980 | 859 | #258 | 0.48 |
| 1979 | 914 | #239 | 0.53 |
| 1978 | 912 | #231 | 0.56 |
| 1977 | 949 | #227 | 0.58 |
| 1976 | 965 | #216 | 0.62 |
| 1975 | 1,074 | #204 | 0.69 |
| 1974 | 1,077 | #207 | 0.68 |
| 1973 | 1,203 | #189 | 0.77 |
| 1972 | 1,334 | #183 | 0.82 |
| 1971 | 1,530 | #175 | 0.87 |
| 1970 | 1,696 | #169 | 0.91 |
| 1969 | 1,626 | #171 | 0.91 |
| 1968 | 1,777 | #153 | 1.0 |
| 1967 | 1,877 | #148 | 1.1 |
| 1966 | 1,993 | #144 | 1.1 |
| 1965 | 2,111 | #146 | 1.1 |
| 1964 | 2,398 | #136 | 1.2 |
| 1963 | 2,495 | #137 | 1.2 |
| 1962 | 2,620 | #134 | 1.3 |
| 1961 | 2,749 | #131 | 1.3 |
| 1960 | 3,024 | #124 | 1.4 |
| 1959 | 3,271 | #120 | 1.5 |
| 1958 | 3,589 | #111 | 1.7 |
| 1957 | 3,806 | #100 | 1.8 |
| 1956 | 3,925 | #95 | 1.9 |
| 1955 | 4,139 | #89 | 2.0 |
| 1954 | 4,354 | #86 | 2.1 |
| 1953 | 4,580 | #83 | 2.3 |
| 1952 | 4,993 | #75 | 2.6 |
| 1951 | 5,303 | #70 | 2.8 |
| 1950 | 5,375 | #61 | 3.0 |
| 1949 | 5,544 | #59 | 3.1 |
| 1948 | 5,945 | #57 | 3.4 |
| 1947 | 6,515 | #54 | 3.6 |
| 1946 | 6,027 | #50 | 3.7 |
| 1945 | 5,650 | #47 | 4.2 |
| 1944 | 5,478 | #49 | 4.0 |
| 1943 | 5,720 | #50 | 4.0 |
| 1942 | 5,629 | #48 | 4.1 |
| 1941 | 5,056 | #48 | 4.1 |
| 1940 | 4,681 | #47 | 4.0 |
| 1939 | 4,661 | #45 | 4.2 |
| 1938 | 4,824 | #44 | 4.3 |
| 1937 | 4,814 | #41 | 4.5 |
| 1936 | 4,931 | #39 | 4.8 |
| 1935 | 5,054 | #37 | 4.9 |
| 1934 | 5,099 | #36 | 4.9 |
| 1933 | 5,134 | #35 | 5.2 |
| 1932 | 5,706 | #32 | 5.5 |
| 1931 | 6,045 | #30 | 5.8 |
| 1930 | 6,847 | #28 | 6.2 |
| 1929 | 7,144 | #27 | 6.6 |
| 1928 | 7,604 | #26 | 6.9 |
| 1927 | 8,019 | #25 | 7.1 |
| 1926 | 8,216 | #25 | 7.4 |
| 1925 | 8,610 | #23 | 7.7 |
| 1924 | 9,115 | #22 | 8.0 |
| 1923 | 9,261 | #22 | 8.4 |
| 1922 | 9,077 | #22 | 8.3 |
| 1921 | 9,731 | #21 | 8.8 |
| 1920 | 9,406 | #21 | 8.8 |
| 1919 | 8,990 | #20 | 9.2 |
| 1918 | 9,896 | #20 | 9.8 |
| 1917 | 8,856 | #19 | 9.6 |
| 1916 | 8,476 | #19 | 9.5 |
| 1915 | 8,470 | #19 | 10.0 |
| 1914 | 6,588 | #19 | 10.1 |
| 1913 | 5,458 | #15 | 10.6 |
| 1912 | 4,624 | #16 | 10.8 |
| 1911 | 2,538 | #13 | 11.2 |
| 1910 | 1,978 | #16 | 10.2 |
| 1909 | 1,924 | #14 | 11.7 |
| 1908 | 1,934 | #14 | 12.5 |
| 1907 | 1,813 | #14 | 12.3 |
| 1906 | 1,631 | #14 | 12.2 |
| 1905 | 1,619 | #14 | 12.2 |
| 1904 | 1,722 | #13 | 13.4 |
| 1903 | 1,647 | #13 | 13.8 |
| 1902 | 1,750 | #13 | 14.3 |
| 1901 | 1,594 | #13 | 15.0 |
| 1900 | 2,272 | #13 | 15.1 |
| 1899 | 1,732 | #13 | 16.3 |
| 1898 | 2,129 | #12 | 17.4 |
| 1897 | 1,879 | #13 | 16.7 |
| 1896 | 2,091 | #11 | 17.5 |
| 1895 | 2,128 | #12 | 18.1 |
| 1894 | 2,189 | #10 | 18.9 |
| 1893 | 2,245 | #10 | 20.0 |
| 1892 | 2,460 | #9 | 20.2 |
| 1891 | 2,132 | #9 | 21.1 |
| 1890 | 2,345 | #10 | 21.1 |
| 1889 | 2,559 | #8 | 23.1 |
| 1888 | 2,759 | #9 | 22.8 |
| 1887 | 2,057 | #12 | 20.3 |
| 1886 | 2,257 | #12 | 20.4 |
| 1885 | 2,198 | #12 | 20.4 |
| 1884 | 2,323 | #12 | 20.3 |
| 1883 | 2,110 | #12 | 20.2 |
| 1882 | 2,232 | #12 | 19.6 |
| 1881 | 2,002 | #12 | 19.9 |
| 1880 | 2,152 | #12 | 19.5 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Harry a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Harry has been given almost only to boys: 2,017 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Harry: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Harry, and how old are they?
111,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 26% of the 425,883 Americans ever recorded as Harry. The median Harry alive today is 68 years old; half are between 53 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 138,544 people named Harry (302 women and girls, 138,242 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 134,493 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 18,500 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 51,100 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 19,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 10,200 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 6,600 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,620 |
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 Harry born?
The states with the most babies named Harry are Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio, with 30% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 50,985 | #640 | 1.9× |
| New York | 34,570 | #409 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 20,854 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 19,055 | #726 | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 16,231 | #436 | 1.4× |
| California | 15,282 | #648 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 12,840 | #866 | 0.9× |
| Virginia | 11,986 | #830 | 1.4× |
| Texas | 10,571 | #988 | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 9,528 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Harry is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Harry is most over-represented in Pennsylvania: since 1910 it was given 1.9 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 Harry 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 6 names spelled alike, given to 428,216 babies since 1880, Harry is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 329 of their 395 babies (83%), 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 Harry
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 Harry and names like it
- Compare Harry and HariBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sHarry peaked in 1918.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Harry since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Harry: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Harry.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Harry alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with HMost given first.