Boys' name · since 1987
Harshal
Harshal has 86 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,384 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 86
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
86 boys have been named Harshal since 1987, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Harshal has 86 recorded births among boys since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2015.
- #18,384 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 86 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harshal ranks #18,384 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 86 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,384 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 86
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Harshal's 86 recorded births place it above 59.46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Harshal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Harshal splits its recorded history at 2006: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Harshal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2015
- Peak year (2006)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Harshal by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (45 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Harshal's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Harshal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 45 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Harshal's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (45 total births) through the 2010s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Harshal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Harshal draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.