Harold

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #991in 2025
  • 1 in 7,426boys in 2025
  • −9%last ten years
  • 1.9×in Washington

Most popular in 1920.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

06,42612,85118801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Harold, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,023
18811,191
18821,117
18831,032
18841,669
18851,865
18862,022
18872,751
18882,466
18893,075
18903,675
18914,141
18924,777
18935,039
18945,960
18956,414
18967,209
18977,627
18987,849
18998,606
19008,274
19018,594
19028,780
19038,932
19049,257
19059,508
19069,988
19079,889
19089,991
190910,519
19109,830
191110,833
191211,867
191312,012
191411,551
191512,308
191612,019
191712,095
191812,023
191912,265
192012,851
192112,539
192212,492
192312,658
192412,491
192512,185
192611,986
192711,736
192811,439
192910,856
193010,625
193110,287
19329,992
19339,625
19349,613
19358,806
19368,319
19378,016
19387,720
19397,498
19406,970
19416,596
19426,214
19436,074
19445,855
19455,590
19465,156
19474,867
19484,641
19494,407
19504,030
19513,812
19523,579
19533,336
19543,119
19552,959
19562,815
19572,666
19582,426
19592,316
19602,194
19612,094
19622,046
19632,015
19641,945
19651,903
19661,863
19671,695
19681,631
19691,545
19701,467
19711,350
19721,255
19731,163
19741,067
19751,016
1976918
1977873
1978757
1979724
1980666
1981615
1982575
1983524
1984477
1985464
1986436
1987431
1988418
1989391
1990375
1991338
1992332
1993307
1994268
1995273
1996268
1997231
1998212
1999215
2000207
2001194
2002187
2003174
2004176
2005175
2006173
2007169
2008153
2009134
2010159
2011135
2012138
2013124
2014142
2015148
2016152
2017155
2018156
2019155
2020138
2021135
2022143
2023148
2024132
2025135

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Washington 1.9×
  2. Tennessee 1.7×
  3. Illinois 1.3×
  4. New York 1.3×
  5. Florida 1.0×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
230
Rank in 2025
#991
How rare
1 in 7,426 boys
Since 1880
551,632

Most popular in 1920, at 12,851 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 9% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Washington1.9×25
Tennessee1.7×25
Illinois1.3×27
New York1.3×45
Florida1.0×39

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.