Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Harmon

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Harmon
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

169

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

89.9%

2024

All-time

6,592

Harmon has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 169 boys were named Harmon.

In 2024, only 17 boys were given the name.

Down 89.9% from its peak.

All told, about 6,592 Americans have been named Harmon and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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