Harshil — boys' name
250 babies named Harshil in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Harshil was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Harshil in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Harshil
The Social Security Administration has registered 250 babies named Harshil between 1992 and 2022, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harshil currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Harshil performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 130 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Harshil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Harshil in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Harshil 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 250 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.
Harshil at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Harshil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1992
- Peak year (2005)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
250 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 18 births in a single year.
Harshil by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 130 births that decade — 52% of Harshil's all-time total
Harshil decade highlights
- Peak decade 130 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Harshil's strongest decade
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 4.8% of nationwide
- California 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 4.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.