Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Harold

#61 most common boys' name of all time · #116 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#61
Rank overall
#116 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
554,280
Since 2016
2,571
Peak year
1924 #13
Best rank
#12 1915
Girls Boys peak 14,230/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Harold is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 230 230 #992
2024 227 227 #988
2023 253 253 #914
2022 250 250 #923
2021 236 236 #954
2020 238 238 #932
2019 279 279 #815
2018 284 284 #796
2017 286 286 #798
2016 288 288 #802
2015 283 283 #808
2014 272 272 #829
2013 234 234 #889
2012 261 261 #836
2011 256 256 #841
2010 305 305 #744
2009 266 266 #825
2008 312 312 #733
2007 350 350 #680
2006 356 356 #650
2005 349 349 #627
2004 6 350 356 #613
2003 343 343 #609
2002 363 363 #588
2001 377 377 #556
2000 406 406 #538
1999 413 413 #514
1998 406 406 #514
1997 435 435 #490
1996 508 508 #440
1995 519 519 #441
1994 517 517 #440
1993 602 602 #381
1992 7 664 671 #356
1991 683 683 #355
1990 771 771 #324
1989 6 783 789 #305
1988 9 801 810 #290
1987 8 805 813 #272
1986 9 803 812 #270
1985 12 857 869 #259
1984 5 861 866 #253
1983 7 940 947 #239
1982 12 1,043 1,055 #225
1981 14 1,101 1,115 #222
1980 12 1,189 1,201 #207
1979 9 1,246 1,255 #195
1978 13 1,243 1,256 #190
1977 15 1,434 1,449 #167
1976 15 1,440 1,455 #162
1975 18 1,587 1,605 #153
1974 12 1,677 1,689 #146
1973 8 1,812 1,820 #140
1972 21 2,035 2,056 #132
1971 24 2,387 2,411 #130
1970 20 2,726 2,746 #122
1969 19 2,763 2,782 #117
1968 20 2,835 2,855 #108
1967 19 2,956 2,975 #104
1966 14 3,323 3,337 #99
1965 29 3,539 3,568 #99
1964 13 3,875 3,888 #98
1963 16 4,093 4,109 #96
1962 14 4,233 4,247 #95
1961 23 4,448 4,471 #94
1960 27 4,679 4,706 #92
1959 23 4,943 4,966 #87
1958 15 5,149 5,164 #84
1957 28 5,752 5,780 #74
1956 24 5,955 5,979 #72
1955 29 6,096 6,125 #63
1954 23 6,359 6,382 #60
1953 25 6,580 6,605 #56
1952 19 6,957 6,976 #51
1951 15 7,178 7,193 #46
1950 22 7,214 7,236 #45
1949 20 7,817 7,837 #42
1948 24 8,144 8,168 #36
1947 25 8,904 8,929 #35
1946 35 8,373 8,408 #33
1945 23 7,524 7,547 #28
1944 28 7,980 8,008 #27
1943 25 8,670 8,695 #27
1942 26 8,582 8,608 #27
1941 35 8,102 8,137 #24
1940 35 8,080 8,115 #23
1939 25 8,299 8,324 #23
1938 30 8,563 8,593 #23
1937 36 8,550 8,586 #21
1936 28 8,628 8,656 #21
1935 42 9,170 9,212 #20
1934 37 9,926 9,963 #18
1933 40 9,543 9,583 #18
1932 61 10,433 10,494 #18
1931 64 10,695 10,759 #18
1930 68 11,660 11,728 #18
1929 98 11,677 11,775 #16
1928 91 12,670 12,761 #14
1927 99 13,226 13,325 #14
1926 91 13,310 13,401 #14
1925 86 13,597 13,683 #14
1924 81 14,149 14,230 #13
1923 58 13,874 13,932 #13
1922 62 13,593 13,655 #13
1921 75 13,811 13,886 #12
1920 66 13,678 13,744 #12
1919 71 12,021 12,092 #13
1918 50 12,185 12,235 #13
1917 61 11,194 11,255 #12
1916 35 10,698 10,733 #13
1915 44 10,444 10,488 #12
1914 38 7,563 7,601 #14
1913 25 6,157 6,182 #13
1912 20 5,102 5,122 #13
1911 11 2,448 2,459 #16
1910 12 1,909 1,921 #18
1909 10 1,725 1,735 #16
1908 9 1,542 1,551 #17
1907 7 1,452 1,459 #17
1906 7 1,330 1,337 #17
1905 8 1,258 1,266 #20
1904 1,186 1,186 #20
1903 1,065 1,065 #20
1902 6 1,077 1,083 #19
1901 915 915 #21
1900 7 1,245 1,252 #20
1899 5 914 919 #19
1898 963 963 #22
1897 8 860 868 #21
1896 6 862 868 #23
1895 9 753 762 #29
1894 690 690 #32
1893 6 566 572 #34
1892 583 583 #37
1891 419 419 #42
1890 408 408 #47
1889 340 340 #57
1888 298 298 #70
1887 279 279 #61
1886 224 224 #80
1885 201 201 #82
1884 191 191 #85
1883 108 108 #117
1882 127 127 #115
1881 120 120 #106
1880 113 113 #116