# Harrison (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/harrison/  
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 | /ˈhæɹ.ɪ.sən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 99,462 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 99,138 / 324 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 46,965, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Harry + -son.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 11,533 |
| 2012 | 15 | 7,971 |
| 2013 | 15 | 7,913 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9,767 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,186 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,174 |
| 2017 | 14 | 8,002 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11,808 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7,881 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,576 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,677 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,682 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,611 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,159 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,287 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,830 | 199 |
| 2012 | 2,126 | 181 |
| 2013 | 2,511 | 162 |
| 2014 | 3,205 | 127 |
| 2015 | 3,343 | 119 |
| 2016 | 3,662 | 107 |
| 2017 | 3,521 | 113 |
| 2018 | 3,413 | 115 |
| 2019 | 3,455 | 111 |
| 2020 | 3,221 | 114 |
| 2021 | 3,150 | 121 |
| 2022 | 2,920 | 128 |
| 2023 | 3,068 | 119 |
| 2024 | 2,966 | 121 |
| 2025 | 3,072 | 116 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,122 | 37 |
| 2012 | 2,224 | 35 |
| 2013 | 2,038 | 36 |
| 2014 | 2,214 | 32 |
| 2015 | 2,241 | 32 |
| 2016 | 2,220 | 32 |
| 2017 | 1,923 | 34 |
| 2018 | 1,765 | 34 |
| 2019 | 1,663 | 37 |
| 2020 | 1,401 | 41 |
| 2021 | 1,254 | 49 |
| 2022 | 1,236 | 45 |
| 2023 | 1,151 | 49 |
| 2024 | 987 | 52 |
| 2025 | 1,007 | 50 |

## People named Harrison

- Harrison Ford, American actor (born 1942)
- Harrison Schmitt, Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
- Harrison Dillard, American athlete (1923–2019)
- Harrison Birtwistle, English composer (1934–2022)
- Harrison Reed, English association football player (born 1995)
- Harrison Ford, American stage and silent film actor (1884–1957)
- Harrison Sloan Gilbertson, Australian actor
- Harrison Young, American actor (1930–2005)
- Harrison Page, American actor
- Benjamin Harrison Freedman, American businessman (1890-1984)
- Harrison White, American sociologist (1930–2024)
- Harrison Salisbury, American journalist (1908–1993)

## 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.