How rare is the name Hari?

4,001 people in the United States have the first name Hari, about 1 in 75,489. It ranks #4,597 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HARI

#4,597

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,001
About
1 in 75,489
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 4,001 people named Hari, 90.5% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 4.3% as White and 1.8% as two or more races. 81.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hari peaked in 2024, when 45 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
45
In 2025*
23 ▼49%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 885 babies have been given the name since 1968. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Hari by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #8,289. The largest share of babies named Hari, 39.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#12,77843
1980s#10,71090
1990s#12,882101
2000s#8,934238
2010s#9,344240
2020s#8,289168
Generation X 1965–806.3%
Millennials 1981–9615.4%
Generation Z 1997–1239.4%
2013 and later38.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hari, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Hari ranks #21,366 of 156,621, with 1,247 people. See Hari as a last name

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