first name
HARRISON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 67,132 people named Harrison, 78.4% reported their origin as White, 6% as Black and 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Harrison peaked in 2016, when 3,670 babies got the name.
At least 99,462 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.
Harrison by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #204. The largest share of babies named Harrison, 41.9%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Harrison is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Harrison has been most common in Utah (1.7×), Georgia (1.6×), and New Hampshire (1.5×), and least common in Hawaii (0.45×).
92,288 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.
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Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Harrison, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Harrison ranks #146 of 156,621, with 172,637 people. See Harrison as a last name
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