Harold

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Harold is an English personal name. The modern name Harold ultimately derives from the Proto-Germanic *harja-waldaz, meaning 'military-power' or 'army-ruler'.

From Wikipedia

Harold first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 57 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1971 with 227 babies (rank #99 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Harold

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Harold yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

3,433
Total babies (all years)
57
Years in the data
227
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195531#276
195627#304
195735#269
195849#233
195956#225
196049#245
196173#211
1962124#146
1963115#164
1964142#136
1965152#132
1966125#153
1967178#117
1968202#109
1969213#114
1970219#109
1971227#99
1972184#114
1973154#122
1974124#150
197591#175
197672#204
197784#185
197873#207
197953#251
198057#248
198157#254
198231#365
198328#377
198425#419
198533#361
198635#361
198713#609
198815#588
198927#465
199035#411
199120#549
199213#651
199320#552
199414#644
199517#583
199625#490
199717#601
19989#788
199920#567
200010#767
20015#1,006
20025#1,005
20039#816
20049#791
20053#1,172
20063#1,165
20078#802
20089#768
20093#1,132
20103#1,104
20123#1,054