# Hari (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hari/  
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 | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 885 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 871 / 14 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,828, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हरि (hari).

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 14,054 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,472 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 3,722 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,332 |
| 2013 | 27 | 3,791 |
| 2014 | 26 | 3,941 |
| 2015 | 20 | 4,780 |
| 2016 | 30 | 3,622 |
| 2017 | 31 | 3,541 |
| 2018 | 22 | 4,520 |
| 2019 | 20 | 4,859 |
| 2020 | 17 | 5,328 |
| 2021 | 19 | 4,989 |
| 2022 | 29 | 3,804 |
| 2023 | 29 | 3,831 |
| 2024 | 37 | 3,239 |
| 2025 | 23 | 4,446 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 74 | 490 |
| 2012 | 97 | 411 |
| 2013 | 93 | 434 |
| 2014 | 84 | 471 |
| 2015 | 85 | 472 |
| 2016 | 83 | 486 |
| 2017 | 91 | 454 |
| 2018 | 94 | 440 |
| 2019 | 84 | 476 |
| 2020 | 70 | 535 |
| 2021 | 75 | 520 |
| 2022 | 79 | 492 |
| 2023 | 63 | 587 |
| 2024 | 74 | 524 |
| 2025 | 54 | 668 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: हरि
- Italian: Hari
- Polish: Hari
- Portuguese: Hari
- Russian: Хари
- Ukrainian: Харі

## People named Hari

- Hari Nef, American actor, model and author
- Hari Kunzru, British novelist and journalist (1969-)
- Hari Rhodes, American actor and author (1932-1992)

## 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.