# Harmon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/harmon/  
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 | 6,642 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,607 / 35 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 5 | 4,613 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16,197 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17,827 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,179 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,585 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,744 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 5,060 |
| 2012 | 30 | 3,568 |
| 2013 | 24 | 4,106 |
| 2014 | 25 | 4,051 |
| 2015 | 19 | 4,946 |
| 2016 | 27 | 3,920 |
| 2017 | 19 | 4,998 |
| 2018 | 15 | 5,871 |
| 2019 | 24 | 4,268 |
| 2020 | 17 | 5,329 |
| 2021 | 24 | 4,292 |
| 2022 | 19 | 5,100 |
| 2023 | 26 | 4,150 |
| 2024 | 17 | 5,517 |
| 2025 | 15 | 5,955 |

## People named Harmon

- Harmon Northrop Morse, American chemist (1848–1920)
- Harmon Jones, Canadian film director and film editor (1911-1972)
- Andrew H. Cozzens, American Roman Catholic bishop

## 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.