Is Harry a boy or girl name?
Harry is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 322 boys were named Harry, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.5% of the 425,549 US babies named Harry were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #777
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Harry since 1880
- 425,549
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 9,938 babies
Boys and girls named Harry, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 22,649 | 98 | 0.4% |
| 1890s | 21,330 | 101 | 0.5% |
| 1900s | 17,906 | 97 | 0.5% |
| 1910s | 65,874 | 281 | 0.4% |
| 1920s | 86,183 | 511 | 0.6% |
| 1930s | 53,115 | 282 | 0.5% |
| 1940s | 56,245 | 202 | 0.4% |
| 1950s | 43,334 | 154 | 0.4% |
| 1960s | 22,669 | 125 | 0.5% |
| 1970s | 11,654 | 106 | 0.9% |
| 1980s | 7,525 | 61 | 0.8% |
| 1990s | 5,403 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000s | 4,311 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 3,603 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 1,730 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 322 | #777 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 323 | #783 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 381 | #695 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 359 | #721 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 345 | #718 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 414 | #649 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 428 | #623 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 401 | #648 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 377 | #677 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 302 | #779 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 337 | #716 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 331 | #712 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 325 | #721 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 324 | #707 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 364 | #659 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 384 | #646 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 381 | #642 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 445 | #578 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 414 | #595 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 459 | #528 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 447 | #530 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 447 | #524 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 438 | #518 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 454 | #501 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 442 | #512 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 460 | #484 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 482 | #468 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 449 | #480 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 482 | #456 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 508 | #448 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 551 | #417 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 567 | #408 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 644 | #367 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 634 | #368 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 626 | #371 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 747 | #322 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 672 | #322 | 8 | #8,678 |
| 1987 | 711 | #302 | 5 | #11,945 |
| 1986 | 675 | #303 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 778 | #269 | 9 | #7,156 |
| 1984 | 728 | #286 | 7 | #8,466 |
| 1983 | 753 | #275 | 11 | #5,945 |
| 1982 | 767 | #273 | 8 | #7,714 |
| 1981 | 835 | #258 | 5 | #10,961 |
| 1980 | 859 | #258 | 8 | #7,644 |
| 1979 | 914 | #239 | 9 | #6,900 |
| 1978 | 912 | #231 | 11 | #5,687 |
| 1977 | 949 | #227 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1976 | 964 | #216 | 10 | #5,739 |
| 1975 | 1,074 | #204 | 13 | #4,678 |
| 1974 | 1,077 | #207 | 15 | #4,097 |
| 1973 | 1,204 | #189 | 7 | #6,909 |
| 1972 | 1,334 | #183 | 13 | #4,378 |
| 1971 | 1,530 | #175 | 8 | #6,211 |
| 1970 | 1,696 | #169 | 11 | #4,860 |
| 1969 | 1,626 | #171 | 11 | #4,536 |
| 1968 | 1,776 | #153 | 12 | #4,080 |
| 1967 | 1,878 | #148 | 11 | #4,137 |
| 1966 | 1,993 | #144 | 9 | #4,626 |
| 1965 | 2,110 | #146 | 10 | #4,307 |
| 1964 | 2,399 | #136 | 11 | #4,192 |
| 1963 | 2,495 | #137 | 13 | #3,689 |
| 1962 | 2,621 | #134 | 8 | #5,021 |
| 1961 | 2,749 | #131 | 18 | #2,999 |
| 1960 | 3,022 | #124 | 22 | #2,600 |
| 1959 | 3,271 | #120 | 15 | #3,160 |
| 1958 | 3,588 | #111 | 16 | #3,012 |
| 1957 | 3,806 | #100 | 15 | #3,081 |
| 1956 | 3,925 | #95 | 15 | #3,106 |
| 1955 | 4,139 | #89 | 16 | #2,882 |
| 1954 | 4,354 | #86 | 15 | #2,934 |
| 1953 | 4,580 | #83 | 13 | #3,175 |
| 1952 | 4,992 | #75 | 16 | #2,719 |
| 1951 | 5,304 | #70 | 15 | #2,734 |
| 1950 | 5,375 | #61 | 18 | #2,381 |
| 1949 | 5,543 | #59 | 16 | #2,554 |
| 1948 | 5,945 | #57 | 20 | #2,212 |
| 1947 | 6,515 | #54 | 15 | #2,684 |
| 1946 | 6,029 | #50 | 23 | #1,933 |
| 1945 | 5,648 | #47 | 21 | #1,847 |
| 1944 | 5,479 | #49 | 22 | #1,826 |
| 1943 | 5,720 | #50 | 23 | #1,810 |
| 1942 | 5,629 | #48 | 20 | #1,934 |
| 1941 | 5,056 | #48 | 25 | #1,579 |
| 1940 | 4,681 | #47 | 17 | #1,993 |
| 1939 | 4,661 | #45 | 16 | #2,070 |
| 1938 | 4,824 | #44 | 19 | #1,830 |
| 1937 | 4,814 | #41 | 23 | #1,597 |
| 1936 | 4,930 | #39 | 24 | #1,526 |
| 1935 | 5,055 | #37 | 33 | #1,250 |
| 1934 | 5,099 | #36 | 20 | #1,729 |
| 1933 | 5,134 | #35 | 28 | #1,381 |
| 1932 | 5,705 | #32 | 40 | #1,135 |
| 1931 | 6,045 | #30 | 35 | #1,234 |
| 1930 | 6,848 | #28 | 44 | #1,119 |
| 1929 | 7,144 | #27 | 60 | #924 |
| 1928 | 7,604 | #26 | 60 | #963 |
| 1927 | 8,019 | #25 | 56 | #1,026 |
| 1926 | 8,215 | #25 | 52 | #1,037 |
| 1925 | 8,611 | #23 | 45 | #1,154 |
| 1924 | 9,115 | #22 | 43 | #1,213 |
| 1923 | 9,261 | #22 | 52 | #1,060 |
| 1922 | 9,077 | #22 | 43 | #1,176 |
| 1921 | 9,731 | #21 | 54 | #1,022 |
| 1920 | 9,406 | #21 | 46 | #1,109 |
| 1919 | 8,990 | #20 | 39 | #1,202 |
| 1918 | 9,896 | #20 | 42 | #1,157 |
| 1917 | 8,856 | #19 | 35 | #1,224 |
| 1916 | 8,476 | #19 | 47 | #1,007 |
| 1915 | 8,470 | #19 | 27 | #1,379 |
| 1914 | 6,588 | #19 | 24 | #1,279 |
| 1913 | 5,458 | #15 | 22 | #1,193 |
| 1912 | 4,624 | #16 | 24 | #1,065 |
| 1911 | 2,538 | #13 | 12 | #1,407 |
| 1910 | 1,978 | #16 | 9 | #1,687 |
| 1909 | 1,924 | #14 | 9 | #1,521 |
| 1908 | 1,934 | #14 | 7 | #1,746 |
| 1907 | 1,813 | #14 | 11 | #1,243 |
| 1906 | 1,631 | #14 | 14 | #1,015 |
| 1905 | 1,619 | #14 | 12 | #1,119 |
| 1904 | 1,722 | #13 | 9 | #1,307 |
| 1903 | 1,647 | #13 | 9 | #1,252 |
| 1902 | 1,750 | #13 | 11 | #1,094 |
| 1901 | 1,594 | #13 | 8 | #1,265 |
| 1900 | 2,272 | #13 | 7 | #1,637 |
| 1899 | 1,732 | #13 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 2,129 | #12 | 5 | #1,806 |
| 1897 | 1,879 | #13 | 9 | #1,114 |
| 1896 | 2,091 | #11 | 11 | #1,013 |
| 1895 | 2,128 | #12 | 15 | #834 |
| 1894 | 2,189 | #10 | 10 | #1,025 |
| 1893 | 2,245 | #10 | 19 | #672 |
| 1892 | 2,460 | #9 | 11 | #932 |
| 1891 | 2,132 | #9 | 9 | #966 |
| 1890 | 2,345 | #10 | 12 | #803 |
| 1889 | 2,559 | #8 | 5 | #1,363 |
| 1888 | 2,759 | #9 | 13 | #741 |
| 1887 | 2,057 | #12 | 13 | #647 |
| 1886 | 2,257 | #12 | 15 | #585 |
| 1885 | 2,198 | #12 | 11 | #672 |
| 1884 | 2,323 | #12 | 15 | #550 |
| 1883 | 2,110 | #12 | 6 | #858 |
| 1882 | 2,232 | #12 | 14 | #496 |
| 1881 | 2,002 | #12 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 2,152 | #12 | 6 | #785 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Harry reached #8 in 1889. As a girl name, it reached #496 in 1882. 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 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Harry
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.