Is Harold a boy or girl name?
Harold is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 227 boys were named Harold, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.5% of the 554,046 US babies named Harold were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #988
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Harold since 1880
- 554,046
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 14,230 babies
Boys and girls named Harold, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,001 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 7,018 | 34 | 0.5% |
| 1900s | 12,795 | 54 | 0.4% |
| 1910s | 79,721 | 367 | 0.5% |
| 1920s | 133,585 | 807 | 0.6% |
| 1930s | 95,467 | 431 | 0.4% |
| 1940s | 82,177 | 276 | 0.3% |
| 1950s | 62,181 | 223 | 0.4% |
| 1960s | 36,741 | 194 | 0.5% |
| 1970s | 17,590 | 155 | 0.9% |
| 1980s | 9,185 | 94 | 1% |
| 1990s | 5,518 | 7 | 0.1% |
| 2000s | 3,471 | 6 | 0.2% |
| 2010s | 2,748 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 1,200 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 227 | #988 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 250 | #921 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 250 | #925 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 235 | #956 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 238 | #932 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 279 | #815 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 284 | #797 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 286 | #800 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 288 | #802 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 283 | #809 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 272 | #830 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 234 | #891 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 261 | #836 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 256 | #841 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 305 | #745 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 266 | #825 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 311 | #736 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 350 | #681 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 356 | #650 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 349 | #627 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 350 | #613 | 6 | #14,813 |
| 2003 | 343 | #611 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 363 | #588 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 377 | #556 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 406 | #538 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 413 | #514 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 407 | #514 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 434 | #490 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 508 | #442 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 519 | #441 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 517 | #441 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 602 | #381 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 664 | #355 | 7 | #10,885 |
| 1991 | 683 | #355 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 771 | #324 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 783 | #305 | 6 | #11,331 |
| 1988 | 802 | #290 | 9 | #7,935 |
| 1987 | 805 | #272 | 8 | #8,257 |
| 1986 | 803 | #270 | 9 | #7,332 |
| 1985 | 857 | #259 | 12 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 861 | #254 | 5 | #10,995 |
| 1983 | 940 | #239 | 7 | #8,338 |
| 1982 | 1,043 | #225 | 12 | #5,659 |
| 1981 | 1,101 | #223 | 14 | #5,059 |
| 1980 | 1,190 | #207 | 12 | #5,647 |
| 1979 | 1,247 | #195 | 9 | #6,899 |
| 1978 | 1,242 | #191 | 13 | #5,020 |
| 1977 | 1,436 | #167 | 15 | #4,497 |
| 1976 | 1,440 | #162 | 15 | #4,214 |
| 1975 | 1,587 | #153 | 18 | #3,678 |
| 1974 | 1,677 | #146 | 12 | #4,819 |
| 1973 | 1,813 | #140 | 8 | #6,279 |
| 1972 | 2,035 | #132 | 21 | #3,102 |
| 1971 | 2,388 | #130 | 24 | #2,895 |
| 1970 | 2,725 | #122 | 20 | #3,242 |
| 1969 | 2,764 | #117 | 19 | #3,132 |
| 1968 | 2,835 | #108 | 19 | #2,998 |
| 1967 | 2,956 | #104 | 19 | #2,904 |
| 1966 | 3,322 | #99 | 15 | #3,308 |
| 1965 | 3,539 | #99 | 29 | #2,221 |
| 1964 | 3,874 | #98 | 13 | #3,765 |
| 1963 | 4,092 | #96 | 16 | #3,231 |
| 1962 | 4,235 | #95 | 14 | #3,491 |
| 1961 | 4,445 | #94 | 23 | #2,568 |
| 1960 | 4,679 | #92 | 27 | #2,265 |
| 1959 | 4,944 | #87 | 23 | #2,422 |
| 1958 | 5,147 | #84 | 15 | #3,148 |
| 1957 | 5,751 | #74 | 28 | #2,086 |
| 1956 | 5,956 | #72 | 24 | #2,281 |
| 1955 | 6,095 | #63 | 29 | #1,995 |
| 1954 | 6,358 | #60 | 23 | #2,261 |
| 1953 | 6,581 | #56 | 25 | #2,092 |
| 1952 | 6,956 | #51 | 19 | #2,443 |
| 1951 | 7,178 | #46 | 15 | #2,733 |
| 1950 | 7,215 | #45 | 22 | #2,078 |
| 1949 | 7,817 | #42 | 20 | #2,235 |
| 1948 | 8,144 | #36 | 24 | #1,973 |
| 1947 | 8,904 | #35 | 25 | #1,964 |
| 1946 | 8,373 | #33 | 35 | #1,490 |
| 1945 | 7,525 | #28 | 23 | #1,769 |
| 1944 | 7,980 | #27 | 28 | #1,557 |
| 1943 | 8,671 | #27 | 25 | #1,720 |
| 1942 | 8,582 | #27 | 26 | #1,643 |
| 1941 | 8,103 | #24 | 35 | #1,300 |
| 1940 | 8,078 | #23 | 35 | #1,256 |
| 1939 | 8,300 | #23 | 25 | #1,526 |
| 1938 | 8,560 | #23 | 30 | #1,354 |
| 1937 | 8,551 | #21 | 36 | #1,208 |
| 1936 | 8,629 | #21 | 28 | #1,396 |
| 1935 | 9,170 | #20 | 42 | #1,078 |
| 1934 | 9,926 | #18 | 37 | #1,177 |
| 1933 | 9,543 | #18 | 40 | #1,108 |
| 1932 | 10,433 | #18 | 61 | #903 |
| 1931 | 10,694 | #18 | 64 | #864 |
| 1930 | 11,661 | #18 | 68 | #870 |
| 1929 | 11,677 | #16 | 98 | #707 |
| 1928 | 12,669 | #14 | 91 | #746 |
| 1927 | 13,226 | #14 | 99 | #725 |
| 1926 | 13,311 | #14 | 91 | #762 |
| 1925 | 13,597 | #14 | 86 | #796 |
| 1924 | 14,149 | #13 | 81 | #834 |
| 1923 | 13,874 | #13 | 58 | #981 |
| 1922 | 13,593 | #13 | 62 | #947 |
| 1921 | 13,811 | #12 | 75 | #853 |
| 1920 | 13,678 | #12 | 66 | #896 |
| 1919 | 12,021 | #13 | 71 | #831 |
| 1918 | 12,185 | #13 | 50 | #1,023 |
| 1917 | 11,194 | #12 | 61 | #890 |
| 1916 | 10,698 | #13 | 35 | #1,216 |
| 1915 | 10,444 | #12 | 44 | #1,004 |
| 1914 | 7,563 | #14 | 38 | #962 |
| 1913 | 6,157 | #13 | 25 | #1,102 |
| 1912 | 5,102 | #13 | 20 | #1,190 |
| 1911 | 2,448 | #16 | 11 | #1,491 |
| 1910 | 1,909 | #18 | 12 | #1,374 |
| 1909 | 1,725 | #16 | 10 | #1,408 |
| 1908 | 1,542 | #17 | 9 | #1,478 |
| 1907 | 1,452 | #17 | 7 | #1,716 |
| 1906 | 1,330 | #17 | 7 | #1,627 |
| 1905 | 1,258 | #20 | 8 | #1,470 |
| 1904 | 1,186 | #20 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 1,065 | #20 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 1,077 | #19 | 6 | #1,685 |
| 1901 | 915 | #21 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 1,245 | #20 | 7 | #1,636 |
| 1899 | 914 | #19 | 5 | #1,706 |
| 1898 | 963 | #22 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 860 | #21 | 8 | #1,205 |
| 1896 | 862 | #23 | 6 | #1,488 |
| 1895 | 753 | #29 | 9 | #1,158 |
| 1894 | 690 | #32 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 566 | #34 | 6 | #1,342 |
| 1892 | 583 | #37 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 419 | #42 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 408 | #47 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 340 | #57 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 298 | #70 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 279 | #61 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 224 | #78 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 201 | #82 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 191 | #85 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 108 | #117 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 127 | #115 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 120 | #106 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 113 | #116 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Harold reached #12 in 1915. As a girl name, it reached #707 in 1929. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.