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First Name
422k
in the U.S.
since 1880

Last Name
9k
in the U.S.
in 2010

Harry

Origin: English
Meaning: Army Ruler
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Gender: Boy
154^th All Time
3,802^nd in 2010

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Nicknames and Given Names for Harry

552k Harold
15k Harris
67k Harrison
663k Henry

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Year	Total Babies Born	Girls Born	Boys Born	Ranking
1880	2,158	6	2,152	#12 boy name
1881	2,002	0	2,002	#12 boy name
1882	2,246	14	2,232	#12 boy name
1883	2,116	6	2,110	#12 boy name
1884	2,338	15	2,323	#12 boy name
1885	2,209	11	2,198	#12 boy name
1886	2,272	15	2,257	#12 boy name
1887	2,070	13	2,057	#12 boy name
1888	2,772	13	2,759	#9 boy name
1889	2,564	5	2,559	#8 boy name
1890	2,357	12	2,345	#10 boy name
1891	2,141	9	2,132	#9 boy name
1892	2,471	11	2,460	#9 boy name
1893	2,264	19	2,245	#10 boy name
1894	2,199	10	2,189	#10 boy name
1895	2,143	15	2,128	#12 boy name
1896	2,102	11	2,091	#11 boy name
1897	1,888	9	1,879	#13 boy name
1898	2,134	5	2,129	#12 boy name
1899	1,732	0	1,732	#13 boy name
1900	2,279	7	2,272	#13 boy name
1901	1,602	8	1,594	#13 boy name
1902	1,761	11	1,750	#13 boy name
1903	1,656	9	1,647	#13 boy name
1904	1,731	9	1,722	#13 boy name
1905	1,631	12	1,619	#14 boy name
1906	1,645	14	1,631	#14 boy name
1907	1,824	11	1,813	#14 boy name
1908	1,941	7	1,934	#14 boy name
1909	1,933	9	1,924	#14 boy name
1910	1,987	9	1,978	#16 boy name
1911	2,550	12	2,538	#13 boy name
1912	4,648	24	4,624	#16 boy name
1913	5,480	22	5,458	#15 boy name
1914	6,612	24	6,588	#19 boy name
1915	8,497	27	8,470	#19 boy name
1916	8,523	47	8,476	#19 boy name
1917	8,891	35	8,856	#19 boy name
1918	9,938	42	9,896	#20 boy name
1919	9,028	39	8,989	#20 boy name
1920	9,455	46	9,409	#21 boy name
1921	9,785	54	9,731	#21 boy name
1922	9,124	43	9,081	#22 boy name
1923	9,313	52	9,261	#22 boy name
1924	9,156	43	9,113	#22 boy name
1925	8,657	45	8,612	#23 boy name
1926	8,262	52	8,210	#25 boy name
1927	8,074	57	8,017	#25 boy name
1928	7,668	60	7,608	#26 boy name
1929	7,198	60	7,138	#27 boy name
1930	6,888	44	6,844	#28 boy name
1931	6,076	35	6,041	#30 boy name
1932	5,743	40	5,703	#32 boy name
1933	5,166	28	5,138	#35 boy name
1934	5,115	20	5,095	#36 boy name
1935	5,086	33	5,053	#37 boy name
1936	4,952	24	4,928	#39 boy name
1937	4,836	23	4,813	#41 boy name
1938	4,841	19	4,822	#44 boy name
1939	4,678	16	4,662	#45 boy name
1940	4,694	17	4,677	#47 boy name
1941	5,081	25	5,056	#48 boy name
1942	5,646	20	5,626	#48 boy name
1943	5,741	23	5,718	#50 boy name
1944	5,499	22	5,477	#49 boy name
1945	5,674	21	5,653	#47 boy name
1946	6,050	23	6,027	#50 boy name
1947	6,527	15	6,512	#54 boy name
1948	5,964	20	5,944	#57 boy name
1949	5,561	16	5,545	#59 boy name
1950	5,393	18	5,375	#61 boy name
1951	5,319	15	5,304	#70 boy name
1952	5,006	16	4,990	#75 boy name
1953	4,585	13	4,572	#83 boy name
1954	4,372	15	4,357	#86 boy name
1955	4,149	16	4,133	#89 boy name
1956	3,937	15	3,922	#95 boy name
1957	3,809	15	3,794	#100 boy name
1958	3,603	16	3,587
1959	3,295	15	3,280
1960	3,037	21	3,016
1961	2,760	19	2,741
1962	2,635	8	2,627
1963	2,507	12	2,495
1964	2,412	11	2,401
1965	2,123	10	2,113
1966	2,002	9	1,993
1967	1,889	11	1,878
1968	1,790	12	1,778
1969	1,638	11	1,627
1970	1,709	11	1,698
1971	1,537	8	1,529
1972	1,346	13	1,333
1973	1,211	7	1,204
1974	1,094	15	1,079
1975	1,085	13	1,072
1976	977	10	967
1977	958	9	949
1978	923	11	912
1979	923	9	914
1980	867	8	859
1981	841	5	836
1982	776	8	768
1983	764	11	753
1984	734	7	727
1985	788	8	780
1986	678	0	678
1987	714	5	709
1988	678	8	670
1989	746	0	746
1990	626	0	626
1991	633	0	633
1992	645	0	645
1993	567	0	567
1994	551	0	551
1995	507	0	507
1996	482	0	482
1997	449	0	449
1998	479	0	479
1999	460	0	460
2000	438	0	438
2001	454	0	454
2002	437	0	437
2003	446	0	446
2004	446	0	446
2005	459	0	459
2006	414	0	414
2007	445	0	445
2008	379	0	379
2009	384	0	384
2010	364	0	364
2011	324	0	324
2012	324	0	324
2013	328	0	328
2014	336	0	336
2015	298	0	298

Fun Facts about the name Harry

How many people with the first name Harry have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2015, the Social Security Administration has recorded 422,130 babies born with the first name Harry in the United States. That's more than enough people named Harry to occupy the country of Malta with an estimated population of 417,617 (as of December 31, 2010).
What year were 5 or more babies first named Harry? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 2,158 new born babies.
When was Harry first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Harry is Tuesday, October 21st, 1823.
What year had the most people named Harry born? The highest recorded use of the first name Harry was in 1918 with a total of 9,896 babies. That's a lot of babies named Harry!
Random Harry Factoid: According to the 1911 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Harry ranks 25^th in popularity as a baby boy's name in North Dakota. Imagine that, 13 babies in North Dakota have the same name as you in 1911.
Weird things about the name Harry: Your name in reverse order is Yrrah. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Rhary. How do you pronounce that?
How many people have the last name Harry? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 9,311 people with the last name Harry.
How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Harry? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 3 of them will have Harry as their last name.

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Common last names for Harry

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Miller
Brown
Williams
Jones
Davis
Anderson
Wilson
Moore
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Martin
Thompson
White
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Thomas
Cohen
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Common first names for Harry

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity		Harry	U.S.
█	White	59.05%	64.26%
█	African American	28.61%	11.96%
█	Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander	3.13%	4.85%
█	American Indian and Alaska Native	3.07%	0.69%
█	Two or More Ethnicities	2.63%	1.76%
█	Hispanic or Latino	3.51%	16.26%

Of Last Name Harry

People with the last name Harry are most frequently White or African American

Entire United States

Meaning, Origin, Inspirations, and Associations

Have you been wondering what does the name "Harry" mean? The list below shows the origins of Harry as well as things modernly associated with the name Harry such as celebrities named Harry.

English

Origin and Meaning of Harry

The name "Harry" is of English origin, and it means "Army Ruler". It's a name commonly given to boys.

Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

verb Har"ry

Senses

To strip; to pillage; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land."To harry this beautiful region." [W. Irving.]"A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush." [J. Burroughs.]
To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass.
synonyms: To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease; worry; annoy; harass.

Etymology: OE. harwen herien herȝien, AS. hergian to act as an army, to ravage, plunder, fr. here army; akin to G. heer, Icel. herr, Goth. harjis, and Lith. karas war. Cf. Harbor Herald Heriot

verb Har"ry

To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste.

Other Dictionary Sources

Make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
Synonyms: ravage
Annoy continually or chronically ("He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked")
Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, hassle, molest, plague, and provoke

Wiktionary

Medieval English spoken form of Old French Henri.

A male given name, also used as a pet form of Henry and Harold.
(rare compared to given name) A patronymic surname.

Harry was also found in the following language(s): Danish, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, and Swedish

Notable Persons With the Name Harry

H. Jon Benjamin

H. Jon Benjamin is a comedian. H. was given the name Harry Jon Benjamin on May 23rd, 1966 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

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Harry S. Truman

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Harry Styles

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Harry Kane

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Harry Houdini

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Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby was a singer and actor. He has been prominent since 1926. Bing was given the name Harry Lillis Crosby, Jr. on May 3rd, 1903 in Tacoma, Washington. He died on October 14th, 1977.

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Harry Belafonte

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Harry Lloyd

(actor)
Harry Dean Stanton

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Harry Hamlin

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Harry Redknapp

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Harry Shearer

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Sinclair Lewis

(novelist)
Harry Caray

(sports commentator)
Harry Blackmun

(Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit)

Notable Persons With the Last Name Harry

Prince Harry

Prince Harry is royalty. He holds the title Prince Henry of Wales, Prince Henry of Wales ([[#Titles, and styles. Prince was born as the child of Charles, Prince of Wales, Diana, and Princess of Wales on September 15th, 1984 in St Mary's Hospital, London, England.

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Debbie Harry

Debbie Harry is a rock music, new wave music, punk rock, disco, and pop music singer-songwriter, actress, former playboy bunny, and playboy bunny. She has been prominent since 1968. Debbie was given the name Deborah Ann Harry on July 1st, 1945 in Miami, Florida, U.S.

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Jackée Harry

Jackée Harry is an actress, television personality, actor, and celebrity. She was most prominent from 1982 to present. Jackée was given the name Jacqueline Yvonne Harry on August 14th, 1956 in , U.S. Jackée is also known as Jackée and Jackée Y. Harry.

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Blind Harry

Blind Harry was a minstrel. He was most prominent from 1470 to 1492. Blind was born in 1440. He left this life in 1492.

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Dirty Harry

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Bill Harry

Bill Harry is a journalist, p.r., and public relations. Bill was born on September 17th, 1938 in Smithdown Road Hospital, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK.

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