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Harmon

Harmon was most popular in 1921, when 169 boys got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 5,955 for boys.

6,642babies since 1880
1921most popular year
#337best rank, 1890
#5,955rank in 2025

Babies named Harmon each year in the US

Girls Boys

5010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Before 1880: about 1 in 1,170 boys born 1831 to 1840 were named Harmon, from a sample of the 1850, 1880 and 1920 censuses.

See the numbers by decade
DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s0200
1890s0185
1900s0208
1910s0944
1920s01,280
1930s5995
1940s0823
1950s0556
1960s0341
1970s0197
1980s0111
1990s0149
2000s6275
2010s10225
2020s14118

Harmon in other countries

Out of every 10,000 boys born each year, how many were named Harmon.

US England and Wales

3581018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020

The dashed part is the US before 1880, from a census sample. It tidies spellings and leaves out rare names, so it runs higher than the counts that follow.

CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1921 1 in 6,517 #5,955
England and Wales 1897 1 in 58,772 n/a

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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