Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Harry

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

Endangered Down 96.7% from peak

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

9,896

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

96.7%

2024

322

All-time

423,531

Harry 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 1918, when 9,896 boys were named Harry.

In 2024, only 322 boys were given the name.

Down 96.7% from its peak.

All told, about 423,531 Americans have been named Harry and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.7% from peak

19189,896 boys named Harry

2024322 boys named Harry

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