Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Harris

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

245

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

40%

2024

147

All-time

16,322

Harris 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 245 boys were named Harris.

In 2024, only 147 boys were given the name.

Down 40% from its peak.

All told, about 16,322 Americans have been named Harris and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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