Boys' name · since 1914
Hary
31 babies named Hary in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,590 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 31
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
31 boys have been named Hary since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Hary has 31 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 1925.
- #25,590 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 31 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hary ranks #25,590 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 31 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #25,590 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 31
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Hary's 31 recorded births place it above 43.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Hary's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hary splits its recorded history at 1923: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1914 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1922 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hary popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1925
- Peak year (1922)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Hary by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (26 births, 84% of the file).
1920s was Hary's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Hary births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 26 births (84% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hary: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~11 yrs)
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, 1914–1925 (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 Hary 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.