Harrell
Harrell is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 898th, in 1946.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 194756 births
- Best rank
- #898in 1946
- Since 1902
- 2,635people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,635 boys have been named Harrell in the United States since 1902, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1947, with 56 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 56 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1944, and the 1920s alone account for 18%. It has spent 18 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Harrell | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 27 | |
| 1910s | 218 | |
| 1920s | 471 | |
| 1930s | 427 | |
| 1940s | 459 | |
| 1950s | 400 | |
| 1960s | 264 | |
| 1970s | 152 | |
| 1980s | 125 | |
| 1990s | 62 | |
| 2000s | 10 | |
| 2010s | 20 |
In 1947, its biggest year
Harrell was the 947th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1947 were James, Robert, John, William and Richard. See all of 1947.
Names that rose and fell with Harrell
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rayfordpeak 1937
- Lenwoodpeak 1949
- Wymanpeak 1922
- Cleophuspeak 1947
- Thurmondpeak 1948
- Sherwoodpeak 1938
- Denzilpeak 1937
- Ozellpeak 1937
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.