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.

Harvard

#6,458 most common boys' name of all time · #16,166 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#6,458
Rank overall
#16,166 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
614
Since 2016
22
Peak year
1915 #1,305
Best rank
#1,145 1913
Girls Boys peak 27/yr
192019401960198020002020

Harvard first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 10 10 #7,727
2018 — 7 7 #9,736
2016 — 5 5 #12,293
2014 — 6 6 #10,805
2013 — 9 9 #8,167
2008 — 6 6 #11,121
1983 — 6 6 #5,618
1977 — 5 5 #5,993
1966 — 5 5 #4,095
1965 — 7 7 #3,336
1960 — 5 5 #4,208
1959 — 7 7 #3,398
1958 — 7 7 #3,378
1956 — 8 8 #3,066
1955 — 10 10 #2,649
1953 — 8 8 #2,995
1951 — 5 5 #3,856
1949 — 12 12 #2,288
1948 — 7 7 #3,147
1947 — 10 10 #2,589
1946 — 10 10 #2,483
1945 — 10 10 #2,325
1943 — 10 10 #2,492
1942 — 10 10 #2,468
1941 — 8 8 #2,778
1940 — 10 10 #2,422
1939 — 13 13 #2,017
1938 — 10 10 #2,413
1937 — 16 16 #1,809
1936 — 13 13 #2,031
1935 — 14 14 #1,995
1934 — 13 13 #2,078
1933 — 11 11 #2,312
1932 — 12 12 #2,275
1931 — 17 17 #1,819
1930 — 17 17 #1,872
1929 — 20 20 #1,717
1928 — 13 13 #2,346
1927 — 13 13 #2,365
1926 — 15 15 #2,149
1925 — 13 13 #2,389
1924 — 16 16 #2,104
1923 — 10 10 #2,853
1922 — 13 13 #2,439
1921 — 17 17 #2,037
1920 — 8 8 #3,304
1919 — 17 17 #1,960
1918 — 19 19 #1,814
1917 — 16 16 #1,969
1916 — 11 11 #2,485
1915 — 27 27 #1,305
1914 — 10 10 #2,226
1913 — 21 21 #1,145
1912 — 16 16 #1,222