Boys' name · since 1992
Harshil
Harshil has 250 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,664 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 250
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Harshil is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 250 have been recorded since 1992.
Harshil has 250 recorded births among boys since 1992, 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 1992 to 2022.
- #11,664 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 250 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harshil ranks #11,664 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 250 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,664 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 250
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Harshil's 250 recorded births place it above 74.32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
Harshil's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Harshil splits its recorded history at 2008: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Harshil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2022
- Peak year (2005)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Harshil by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (130 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Harshil's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Harshil births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
130 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s 15
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 130 births (52% of all-time use).
Harshil by state
Where Harshil concentrates geographically, total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 12 | 4.8% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 2.0% |
12 of 250 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Harshil's decade-level peak was the 2000s (130 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Harshils (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Harshil: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1992–2022 (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 Harshil 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.