Boys' name · since 1914

Harwood

340 babies named Harwood in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#9,905 of 45,481
all-time among boys
340
born since 1914
1920s
peak decade

Harwood is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 340 have been recorded since 1914.

Harwood has 340 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1968.

  • #9,905 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 340 born since 1914
  • 1920s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harwood ranks #9,905 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 340 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.

#9,905 of 45,481
all-time among boys
340
born since 1914
1920s
peak decade
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Harwood's 340 recorded births place it above 78.19% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Harwood's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Harwood's full recorded timeline at 1935, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1929, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1919 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Harwood popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1968

Last recorded 1968
Peak year (1919)
18
Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
05101520 191419191924192919351940194619511968 5

Harwood by decade

1920s is the heaviest window (103 births, 30% of the file).

1920s was Harwood's strongest decade.

103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.

Harwood births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1920s at 103 births (30% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Harwood? ▼
340 babies have been named Harwood since 1914. All-time, it sits at #9,905 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 1968. The peak year was 1919 with 18 births.
Where does Harwood sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harwood ranks #9,905 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Harwood most popular? ▼
Harwood was most popular in the 1920s decade with 103 total births. The single peak year was 1919.
How long has the name Harwood been used? ▼
Harwood has been recorded in Social Security data since 1914, spanning 55 years of data through 1968.
What names are similar to Harwood? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Harold, Harry, Harvey, Harrison, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Harwood's data

  • Harwood's decade-level peak was the 1920s (103 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Harwood

Nearby Names Like Harwood

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Harwood

Harold Boy
#992 551,632 births
Harry Boy
#775 423,866 births
Harvey Boy
#252 127,925 births
Harrison Boy
#116 99,138 births
Harley Boy
#1081 40,705 births

Compare Harwood side by side: Harwood vs Harold Harwood vs Harry Harwood vs Harvey

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Bertin
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Corneilus
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Harwood: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1914–1968 (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 Harwood 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.