# Harry (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/harry/  
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 | /ˈhæɹi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 425,883 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 423,866 / 2,017 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 143,411, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Medieval English spoken form 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 7 | 6,909 |
| 1974 | 15 | 4,097 |
| 1975 | 13 | 4,679 |
| 1976 | 10 | 5,739 |
| 1977 | 9 | 6,524 |
| 1978 | 11 | 5,687 |
| 1979 | 9 | 6,901 |
| 1980 | 8 | 7,645 |
| 1981 | 5 | 10,962 |
| 1982 | 8 | 7,715 |
| 1983 | 11 | 5,945 |
| 1984 | 7 | 8,466 |
| 1985 | 8 | 7,815 |
| 1987 | 5 | 11,946 |
| 1988 | 8 | 8,678 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 324 | 707 |
| 2012 | 325 | 721 |
| 2013 | 331 | 712 |
| 2014 | 337 | 716 |
| 2015 | 302 | 779 |
| 2016 | 377 | 677 |
| 2017 | 401 | 648 |
| 2018 | 428 | 623 |
| 2019 | 414 | 649 |
| 2020 | 345 | 719 |
| 2021 | 359 | 721 |
| 2022 | 381 | 695 |
| 2023 | 323 | 784 |
| 2024 | 324 | 776 |
| 2025 | 329 | 775 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7,523 | 1 |
| 2012 | 7,168 | 1 |
| 2013 | 5,888 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5,379 | 3 |
| 2015 | 5,308 | 3 |
| 2016 | 5,284 | 2 |
| 2017 | 5,031 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4,512 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3,823 | 5 |
| 2020 | 3,209 | 8 |
| 2021 | 3,089 | 7 |
| 2022 | 2,403 | 15 |
| 2023 | 1,799 | 21 |
| 2024 | 1,765 | 20 |
| 2025 | 1,718 | 19 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: هَارِي
- Bulgarian: Ха́ри
- Chinese: 哈里, 哈利
- Danish: Harry
- Esperanto: Hari
- Finnish: Harri
- French: Harry
- Georgian: ჰარი
- German: Harry
- Greek: Χάρι, Χάρης
- Hebrew: הארי
- Hindi: हैरी
- Japanese: ハリー
- Korean: 해리
- Latin: Harrius, Henrīcus
- Latvian: Harijs
- Portuguese: Harry
- Russian: Га́рри, Ха́рри
- Swedish: Harry
- Ukrainian: Га́ррі

## People named Harry

- Harry Styles, English singer, songwriter and actor
- Harry Belafonte, American singer, actor and civil rights activist (1927–2023)
- Harry Mulisch, Dutch writer (1927–2010)
- Harry Kroto, British chemist (1939-2016)
- Harry Markowitz, American economist (1927–2023)
- Harry Harrison, American science fiction author (1925–2012)
- Harry Dean Stanton, American actor (1926–2017)
- Harry Reid, American politician (1939–2021)
- Harry Redknapp, English association football player and manager
- Harry Kewell, Australian association football player and coach (born 1978)
- Harry Winks, English footballer (born 1996)
- Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (1941–1994)

## 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.