How rare is the name Harris?

10,007 people in the United States have the first name Harris, about 1 in 30,182. It ranks #2,466 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HARRIS

#2,466

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,007
About
1 in 30,182
This common or more
79.9%
Who bears it

Of the 10,007 people named Harris, 67% reported their origin as White, 14% as Black and 10.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 95.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Harris peaked in 1921, when 245 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1921
Births that year
245
In 2025*
156 ▼36%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 16,661 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Harris by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #846. The largest share of babies named Harris, 20.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#880187
1890s#984231
1900s#1,099270
1910s#8651,451
1920s#8462,232
1930s#9481,629
1940s#1,0581,668
1950s#1,4291,362
1960s#2,034794
1970s#2,517649
1980s#2,633744
1990s#2,4401,167
2000s#2,6611,373
2010s#2,3931,775
2020s#2,3241,129
Before 19012.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–2720.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4518.3%
Baby boom 1946–6415%
Generation X 1965–806.2%
Millennials 1981–968.8%
Generation Z 1997–1213%
2013 and later15.1%

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.

Where Harris is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Harris has been most common in Louisiana (3.7×), Georgia (3.6×), and South Carolina (2.7×), and least common in Ohio (0.21×).

10,469 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Harris

#2,464 Bree · 10,012#2,464 Buddy · 10,012#2,467 Kallie · 10,006#2,467 Winter · 10,006

Spelled almost the same

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

#6,391 Haris · 2,517#32,785 Haaris · 255

Also a last name

As a last name, Harris ranks #26 of 156,621, with 603,371 people. See Harris as a last name

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