Harwell — boys' name
46 babies named Harwell in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Harwell was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Harwell in 1926 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Harwell
The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Harwell between 1916 and 1928, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harwell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1928. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Harwell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Harwell shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Harwell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Harwell 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 46 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.
Harwell at a glance
Last recorded 1928Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Harwell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–1916
- Peak year (1926)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1928.
46 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 8 births in a single year.
Harwell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 26 births that decade — 57% of Harwell's all-time total
Harwell decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Harwell's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Harwell by state
Where Harwell concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 10.9% |
5 of 46 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 10.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 10.9% 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, 1916–1928 (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.