# Harald (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/harald/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 811 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 811 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 32, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 9 | 3,162 |
| 1970 | 12 | 2,788 |
| 1978 | 5 | 6,160 |
| 1980 | 5 | 6,625 |
| 1981 | 6 | 5,770 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,375 |
| 1997 | 5 | 9,803 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12,743 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,211 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,083 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,043 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,552 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,214 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,593 |
| 2025 | 15 | 5,953 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 2,859 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Harald

- Harald Bohr, Danish mathematician and footballer (1887–1951)
- Harald III of Denmark, 11th-century King of Denmark
- Harald Nielsen, Danish footballer (1941-2015)
- Harald Høffding, Danish philosopher and theologian (1843–1931)
- Prince Harald of Denmark, Danish prince (1876–1949)
- Harald Tammer, Estonian weightlifter, journalist and politician (1899-1942)
- Harald Konopka, German footballer
- Harald Reinl, Austrian director (1908-1986)
- Harald Irmscher, East German footballer
- Harald Quandt, German businessman (1921–1967)
- Harald Cerny, Austrian association football player
- Harald Schmidt, German actor, comedian and television presenter

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.