Girls' name · since 1999
Harshita
Harshita has 195 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,067 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 195
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Harshita is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 195 have been recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Harshita recorded 195 times among girls since 1999, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2022.
- #20,067 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 195 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harshita ranks #20,067 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 195 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,067 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 195
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Harshita's 195 recorded births place it above 72.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Harshita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Harshita's full recorded timeline at 2008, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2022, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Harshita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2022
- Peak year (2008)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Harshita by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (136 births, 70% of the file).
2000s was Harshita's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Harshita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 8
1990s
8 births
- 2000s
2000s
136 births
- 2010s 40
2010s
40 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 136 births (70% of all-time use).
Harshita by state
Where Harshita concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 20 | 10.3% |
20 of 195 births nationwide.
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- Harshita's decade-level peak was the 2000s (136 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Harshitas (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Harshita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
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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, 1999–2022 (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 Harshita 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.