How Many People Are Named Hari?
people named Hari are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 394,670 people in the US has this name
Based on 885 babies named Hari in Social Security records from 1968 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
45 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "brown, yellow, tawny" in Sanskrit, and by extension "monkey, horse, lion". This is another name of the Hindu god Vishnu, and sometimes of Krishna. It is also borne by the son of the Garuda, the bird-like mount of Vishnu.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Hari, 1.6% were girls and 98.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 8.3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hari alive today is about 19 years old, and 81% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hari first appears in the records in 1968 and was given most often in 2024, to 45 babies. In 2025, 23 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1968 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hari has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,899, in 2002. In 2025 it ranked #4,445.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,445 |
| Best rank | #2,899 (2002) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,210 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hari alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hari were born in California than in any other state: about 79 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hari was given about 4.9 times as often in California.
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