How Many People Are Named Harris?
people named Harris are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 37,130 people in the US has this name
Based on 16,661 babies named Harris in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
245 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from the given name HARRY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Harris, 1.8% were girls and 98.2% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 4.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Harris alive today is about 35 years old, and 51% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 60 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Harris first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 245 babies. In 2025, 156 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Harris has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #316, in 1889. In 2025 it ranked #1,300.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,300 |
| Best rank | #316 (1889) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #402 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Harris alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Harris were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,084 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Harris was given 3.7 times as often in Louisiana, 3.5 times in Georgia and 2.4 times in South Carolina.
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