# Harris (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/harris/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | “patronymic suffix” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhæɹɪs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,661 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16,472 / 189 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,651, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Harry + -s (“patronymic suffix”). From Harry, a male given name derived from a Middle English pronunciation of Old French Henri.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | 15,818 |
| 2007 | 7 | 14,455 |
| 2011 | 9 | 11,532 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,340 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,489 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13,521 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,189 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12,031 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10,078 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,752 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,163 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,676 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,206 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8,638 |
| 2025 | 6 | 13,816 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 117 | 1,420 |
| 2012 | 139 | 1,269 |
| 2013 | 151 | 1,190 |
| 2014 | 176 | 1,090 |
| 2015 | 203 | 1,009 |
| 2016 | 212 | 972 |
| 2017 | 193 | 1,043 |
| 2018 | 202 | 1,020 |
| 2019 | 202 | 1,030 |
| 2020 | 214 | 996 |
| 2021 | 219 | 1,001 |
| 2022 | 174 | 1,172 |
| 2023 | 178 | 1,165 |
| 2024 | 147 | 1,319 |
| 2025 | 150 | 1,300 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 133 | 331 |
| 2012 | 158 | 290 |
| 2013 | 159 | 287 |
| 2014 | 160 | 288 |
| 2015 | 186 | 273 |
| 2016 | 161 | 299 |
| 2017 | 172 | 291 |
| 2018 | 173 | 287 |
| 2019 | 167 | 290 |
| 2020 | 140 | 330 |
| 2021 | 145 | 319 |
| 2022 | 110 | 385 |
| 2023 | 127 | 336 |
| 2024 | 129 | 338 |
| 2025 | 103 | 396 |

## People named Harris

- Harris Dickinson, British actor
- Harris Yulin, American actor
- Harris Wofford, American politician (1926-2019)
- William Harris Ashmead, American entomologist (1855–1908)
- Harris J. Ryan, American engineer (1866–1934)
- Divine, American actor, singer and drag queen (1945–1988)
- Roy Jenkins, British politician (1920–2003)
- William H. Crawford, American politician and judge (1772-1834)
- Benjamin H. Brewster, American politician (1816-1888)
- Jake Miller, American singer
- Richard Clarida, American economist
- Channing H. Cox, American politician (1879–1968)

## 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.