Harshith — boys' name
124 babies named Harshith in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
58% of everyone ever named Harshith was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Harshith in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Harshith
The Social Security Administration has registered 124 babies named Harshith between 2003 and 2022, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harshith currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Harshith performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Harshith shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Harshith in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Harshith 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 124 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.
Harshith at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Harshith popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2003
- Peak year (2008)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
124 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 16 births in a single year.
Harshith by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 72 births that decade — 58% of Harshith's all-time total
Harshith decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Harshith's strongest decade
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Harshith by state
Where Harshith concentrates geographically — total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 4.8% |
6 of 124 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California 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, 2003–2022 (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.