Harris
- Pronunciation
- [Ha-rris]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Son Of Harry
- Origin
- English
Harris Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 16,322 baby boys have been named Harris. The name peaked in 1921 with 245 US births that year (rank #387). In 2024, ranked #1319 nationally — 932 places below its 1921 peak.
Top States for Harris
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Harris births are: New York (1,687), Georgia (1,053), Texas (990).
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6-Letter Names Starting with H
Names with Harris's exact length and starting letter: Habiba, Hacket, Hadara, Haddad, Hadden.
Quick Facts About Harris
US Popularity History (2016–2021)
Annual US births named Harris by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2021 with 219 boys named Harris (boy rank #1000 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Harris Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Harris the strongest states are Arkansas, Minnesota, Alabama.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkansas | #564 | 21 |
| 2 | Minnesota | #595 | 34 |
| 3 | Alabama | #646 | 56 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | #674 | 25 |
| 5 | South Carolina | #712 | 15 |
| 6 | Georgia | #761 | 101 |
| 7 | Missouri | #762 | 20 |
| 8 | Virginia | #774 | 25 |
| 9 | Tennessee | #791 | 69 |
| 10 | Louisiana | #799 | 17 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania | #979 | 31 |
| 2 | New York | #978 | 68 |
| 3 | Texas | #948 | 148 |
| 4 | North Carolina | #870 | 71 |
| 5 | Washington | #866 | 19 |
| 6 | Illinois | #862 | 29 |
| 7 | Louisiana | #799 | 17 |
| 8 | Tennessee | #791 | 69 |
| 9 | Virginia | #774 | 25 |
| 10 | Missouri | #762 | 20 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Harris in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Harris against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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