NameTides

Harry

Harry was the #775 boys' name in the US in 2025 (329 babies), and #19 in England & Wales and #432 in Canada.

Harry as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Harry as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Harry as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#775 (329)#19 (1,718)#31 (120)#13 (90)#25 (183)#432 (75)#39 (163)#23 (198)
2024#775 (324)#20 (1,765)#31 (124)#13 (89)#20 (209)#431 (72)#36 (165)#29 (193)
2023#782 (323)#21 (1,799)#42 (106)#18 (77)#24 (198)#433 (67)#41 (169)#24 (170)
2022#695 (381)#15 (2,403)#33 (132)#8 (118)#18 (242)#396 (74)#32 (207)#17 (229)
2021#721 (359)#7 (3,089)#23 (181)#10 (114)#20 (264)#403 (74)#33 (232)#20 (236)
2020#718 (345)#8 (3,209)#24 (166)#9 (111)#9 (311)#350 (89)#30 (223)#23 (219)
2019#649 (414)#5 (3,823)#15 (227)#5 (156)#12 (311)#428 (68)#20 (271)#19 (253)
2018#623 (428)#3 (4,512)#11 (262)#8 (150)#6 (429)#353 (90)#15 (305)#12 (267)
2017#646 (401)#2 (5,031)#10 (282)#6 (169)#8 (410)#424 (69)#22 (275)#17 (238)
2016#677 (377)#2 (5,284)#7 (303)#6 (188)#11 (374)#447 (66)#27 (276)#18 (221)
2015#779 (302)#3 (5,308)#16 (258)#8 (166)#14 (358)#567 (47)#27 (271)#23 (200)
2014#714 (337)#3 (5,379)#14 (268)#5 (193)#9 (398)#515 (54)#29 (281)#23 (217)
2013#709 (331)#3 (5,888)#10 (299)#4 (207)#9 (430)#507 (54)#30 (278)#23 (230)
2012#721 (325)#1 (7,168)#8 (331)#4 (232)#7 (510)#608 (40)#27 (279)#22 (256)
2011#707 (324)#1 (7,523)#8 (345)#6 (228)#8 (499)#587 (43)#31 (265)#19 (260)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1889 at #8.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 160very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 160very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 92very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 130very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Harry is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,900 to 1 in 6,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Harry by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #711ILMichigan: #829MINew York: #407NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: #604ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #844INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #631PANew Jersey: #429NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #643CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #798VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #524KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #464OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #974TXFlorida: #662FL
Harry (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#16336
Ontario2024#44528

Harry (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HarryCanadaBoys#43275
HarryEngland & WalesBoys#191,718
HarryIrelandBoys#25183
HarryNorthern IrelandBoys#1390
HarryNSWBoys#39163
HarryScotlandBoys#31120
HarryUSGirls—too few
HarryUSBoys#775329
HarryVICBoys#23198