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How popular is “Harris” in the USA?

Number of people named “Harris” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Harris” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Harris” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Harris” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Harris” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Harris” by birth year

This chart shows how “Harris” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 18 0.000089337 18 -100%
1881 15 0.000077846 15 -100%
1882 16 0.000072224 16 -100%
1883 15 0.000069142 15 -100%
1884 20 0.000082149 20 -100%
1885 14 0.000058127 14 -100%
1886 19 0.000074418 19 -100%
1887 12 0.000048506 12 -100%
1888 27 0.000090158 27 -100%
1889 31 0.000107286 31 -100%
1890 17 0.000056403 17 -100%
1891 26 0.000090696 26 -100%
1892 28 0.000083739 28 -100%
1893 18 0.000055347 18 -100%
1894 22 0.000064956 22 -100%
1895 22 0.000062674 22 -100%
1896 27 0.000075528 27 -100%
1897 26 0.000074937 26 -100%
1898 25 0.000065539 25 -100%
1899 20 0.000058956 20 -100%
1900 33 0.000073291 33 -100%
1901 11 0.000031809 11 -100%
1902 26 0.00006723 26 -100%
1903 21 0.000055089 21 -100%
1904 18 0.000044611 18 -100%
1905 26 0.000061332 26 -100%
1906 31 0.000072354 31 -100%
1907 26 0.000055867 26 -100%
1908 38 0.000077765 38 -100%
1909 40 0.000078244 40 -100%
1910 33 0.000055865 33 -100%
1911 51 0.000079158 51 -100%
1912 83 0.000084003 83 -100%
1913 120 0.000105531 120 -100%
1914 143 0.000100964 6 137 -92%
1915 196 0.000106962 196 -100%
1916 203 0.000104941 203 -100%
1917 182 0.000090694 7 175 -92%
1918 239 0.000110082 5 234 -96%
1919 201 0.00009525 201 -100%
1920 226 0.000099883 226 -100%
1921 245 0.000104947 245 -100%
1922 233 0.000101784 233 -100%
1923 230 0.000099892 230 -100%
1924 224 0.000094054 224 -100%
1925 211 0.00009043 211 -100%
1926 213 0.000092774 213 -100%
1927 212 0.000091405 212 -100%
1928 225 0.000099516 225 -100%
1929 213 0.000097164 213 -100%
1930 182 0.000081861 182 -100%
1931 182 0.000086486 182 -100%
1932 155 0.000073415 155 -100%
1933 176 0.000088024 176 -100%
1934 166 0.00007993 166 -100%
1935 181 0.000086607 181 -100%
1936 142 0.000068349 142 -100%
1937 158 0.000074155 158 -100%
1938 144 0.000065083 144 -100%
1939 143 0.000064898 143 -100%
1940 158 0.000068616 158 -100%
1941 150 0.000061566 150 -100%
1942 176 0.000064426 176 -100%
1943 160 0.000056686 160 -100%
1944 157 0.000058363 157 -100%
1945 180 0.00006785 180 -100%
1946 161 0.000050386 161 -100%
1947 190 0.000052744 190 -100%
1948 166 0.000048081 166 -100%
1949 170 0.000048784 170 -100%
1950 173 0.000049381 173 -100%
1951 136 0.000036919 136 -100%
1952 144 0.000037915 144 -100%
1953 156 0.000040481 156 -100%
1954 141 0.000035421 141 -100%
1955 137 0.000034121 137 -100%
1956 132 0.000032015 132 -100%
1957 124 0.000029509 124 -100%
1958 113 0.000027335 113 -100%
1959 106 0.000025493 106 -100%
1960 106 0.000025519 106 -100%
1961 86 0.000020761 86 -100%
1962 83 0.000020568 83 -100%
1963 99 0.000025011 99 -100%
1964 78 0.000020064 78 -100%
1965 67 0.00001848 67 -100%
1966 82 0.000023593 82 -100%
1967 75 0.000022092 75 -100%
1968 60 0.00001776 60 -100%
1969 58 0.000016689 58 -100%
1970 65 0.000018023 65 -100%
1971 59 0.000017189 59 -100%
1972 71 0.00002259 71 -100%
1973 67 0.000022208 67 -100%
1974 61 0.000020066 61 -100%
1975 70 0.000023183 70 -100%
1976 50 0.000016478 50 -100%
1977 63 0.000019833 63 -100%
1978 64 0.000020165 64 -100%
1979 80 0.000024046 80 -100%
1980 48 0.000013935 48 -100%
1981 74 0.000021391 74 -100%
1982 62 0.000017674 62 -100%
1983 57 0.000016458 57 -100%
1984 68 0.000019491 68 -100%
1985 78 0.000021854 78 -100%
1986 72 0.000020241 72 -100%
1987 81 0.000022465 81 -100%
1988 100 0.000027063 100 -100%
1989 104 0.000027052 104 -100%
1990 99 0.000025048 99 -100%
1991 110 0.000028239 110 -100%
1992 115 0.000029938 5 110 -91%
1993 115 0.000030502 115 -100%
1994 103 0.000027706 103 -100%
1995 118 0.000032221 118 -100%
1996 102 0.000027967 102 -100%
1997 122 0.000033648 7 115 -89%
1998 142 0.000038606 10 132 -86%
1999 141 0.000038171 7 134 -90%
2000 132 0.000034922 132 -100%
2001 140 0.000037399 5 135 -93%
2002 143 0.000038253 143 -100%
2003 145 0.000038135 7 138 -90%
2004 137 0.000035855 5 132 -93%
2005 116 0.00003017 116 -100%
2006 142 0.000035893 6 136 -92%
2007 158 0.000039523 7 151 -91%
2008 139 0.000035363 139 -100%
2009 121 0.000031674 121 -100%
2010 115 0.000031117 115 -100%
2011 126 0.000034447 9 117 -86%
2012 139 0.000038005 139 -100%
2013 160 0.000043888 9 151 -89%
2014 181 0.000048835 5 176 -94%
2015 210 0.000056743 7 203 -93%
2016 221 0.000060239 9 212 -92%
2017 201 0.000056205 8 193 -92%
2018 212 0.000060298 10 202 -91%
2019 210 0.000060502 8 202 -92%
2020 225 0.000067354 11 214 -90%
2021 231 0.000068183 12 219 -90%
2022 180 0.000053205 6 174 -93%
2023 177 0.000053455 177 -100%
2024 159 0.000047769 12 147 -85%

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