Unisex name · since 2003
Haru
Haru has 312 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,353 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,827 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 312
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Haru is the #3827 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 312 recorded since 2003.
Haru has 312 recorded births among boys since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3827 as of the latest data, more common than 73% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #10,353 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,827 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 312 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Haru ranks #10,353 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,827 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 312 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,353 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,827 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 312
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Haru's 312 recorded births place it above 77.21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Haru compares
312 46th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Haru's all-time total is 15% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Haru | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 312 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 34 | 22,252 |
Haru's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Haru's full recorded timeline at 2015, 73% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 27% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 29 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Haru popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Haru popularity over time - girls
191 total births recorded since 1914 (Haru as girls' name)
Haru by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (147 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Haru's strongest decade.
147 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Haru births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 37
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
128 births
- 2020s
2020s
147 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 147 births (47% of all-time use).
Haru by state
Where Haru concentrates geographically, total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 50 | 16.0% |
50 of 312 births nationwide.
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What to do with Haru's data
- California records the most Harus (50 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 Haru: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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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, 2003–2025 (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 Haru 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.