Harry Boy
How popular is Harry?
#775 boy name in 2025
329 baby boys were named Harry in the US in 2025, making it the 775th most popular boy name.
Harry popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #775 for boys |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 329 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+9% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #779 in 2015, #718 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1918 (9,896 boys) |
| Highest rank | #8 in 1889 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Harry counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Harry family of names ranked #704 for boys in 2025 (#695 the year before), with 352 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Harry | 329 | 93% |
| Hari | 23 | 7% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Harry is most popular
Babies named Harry per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 0.5 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.5 per 1,000 (68 boys)
- New York: 0.5 per 1,000 (200 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.4 per 1,000 (85 boys)
- District of Columbia: 0.4 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Harry by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 22,649 | #8 |
| 1890s | 21,330 | #9 |
| 1900s | 17,906 | #13 |
| 1910s | 65,874 | #13 |
| 1920s | 86,183 | #21 |
| 1930s | 53,115 | #28 |
| 1940s | 56,245 | #47 |
| 1950s | 43,335 | #61 |
| 1960s | 22,670 | #124 |
| 1970s | 11,654 | #169 |
| 1980s | 7,524 | #257 |
| 1990s | 5,406 | #367 |
| 2000s | 4,311 | #501 |
| 2010s | 3,603 | #623 |
| 2020s | 2,061 | #695 |
Boy names about as popular as Harry
Questions
- Is Harry a boy or girl name?
- Harry is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Harry were boys.
- How popular is the name Harry?
- 329 baby boys were named Harry in the US in 2025, making it the 775th most popular boy name.
- When was Harry most popular?
- Harry peaked in 1918, when 9,896 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #8 in 1889.
- How many people are named Harry?
- 425,883 babies have been named Harry in the US since 1880. We estimate about 118,535 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 69.
- Where is Harry most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Harry was most common in Alaska, at 0.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.