Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Harold

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

Endangered Down 98.4% from peak

Peak era

1924

Peak rank proxy

14,149

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19242024

Peak year

1924

Decline from peak

98.4%

2024

227

All-time

551,398

Harold once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1924, when 14,149 boys were named Harold.

In 2024, only 227 boys were given the name.

Down 98.4% from its peak.

All told, about 551,398 Americans have been named Harold and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.4% from peak

192414,149 boys named Harold

2024227 boys named Harold

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