# Harrie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/harrie/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 469 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 417 / 52 (11% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 251, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Form of Harry.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 5 | 4,728 |
| 1917 | 5 | 4,903 |
| 1918 | 6 | 4,527 |
| 1927 | 7 | 4,033 |
| 1928 | 5 | 5,017 |
| 1936 | 6 | 3,888 |
| 1943 | 6 | 4,391 |
| 1948 | 5 | 5,550 |
| 1952 | 7 | 4,646 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 8 | 2,743 |
| 1942 | 10 | 2,444 |
| 1943 | 5 | 3,749 |
| 1944 | 6 | 3,261 |
| 1945 | 7 | 2,853 |
| 1946 | 13 | 2,077 |
| 1947 | 8 | 2,970 |
| 1948 | 7 | 3,131 |
| 1949 | 6 | 3,481 |
| 1950 | 7 | 3,158 |
| 1951 | 10 | 2,558 |
| 1952 | 10 | 2,593 |
| 1955 | 7 | 3,312 |
| 1956 | 6 | 3,700 |
| 1961 | 5 | 4,306 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 6 | 2,411 |
| 1998 | 6 | 2,407 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 9 | 2,097 |
| 2009 | 12 | 1,749 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2,036 |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Harrie

- Harrie Lavreysen, Dutch cyclist (1997-)
- Harrie Massey, Australian physicist (1908-1983)
- Harrie Smeets, bishop from the Netherlands
- Harrie Meyers, Dutch bicycle racer and track cyclist (1879–1928)
- Harrie Geelen, Dutch screenwriter, television director, writer, translator, illustrator, animator, poet, 
- Harrie Jansen, Dutch racing cyclist
- Harrie Smolders, Dutch show jumping rider

## 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.