Harsh — #11314 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Harsh

The Social Security Administration has registered 665 babies named Harsh between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harsh currently holds the #11314 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 46 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Harsh performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 279 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Harsh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 122 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Harsh in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Harsh 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 665 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.