Harvard — boys' name

What the Data Says About Harvard

The Social Security Administration has registered 604 babies named Harvard between 1912 and 2018, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harvard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Harvard performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Harvard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Harvard in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Harvard 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 604 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.