Harrison

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Harrison is ranked 121st among boys in 2024 (2,958 births). Its best rank was 52nd, in 1888.

Rank in 2024: #121down 2 from 2023
Births in 2024: 2,9580.17% of boys
Peak year: 20163,662 births
Best rank: #52in 1888
Since 1880: 96,050people given the name

Babies named Harrison, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

96,050 boys have been named Harrison in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 3,662 births — 0.19% of all boys recorded that year.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2010s alone account for 30%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 2 of them in the top 100.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Harrison
1880s	1,235
1890s	991
1900s	530
1910s	2,431
1920s	3,265
1930s	2,165
1940s	2,135
1950s	2,037
1960s	1,381
1970s	1,054
1980s	3,971
1990s	13,784
2000s	17,205
2010s	28,555
2020s	15,311

In 2016, its biggest year

Harrison was the 107th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.

Names that rose and fell with Harrison

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.