Harry

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Harry is a male given name. Beginning as a Middle English form of Henry, in the modern era it became a diminutive for several names beginning with "Har". The Norwegian term "harry" is derived from the name.

From Wikipedia

Harry first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 59 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1959 with 225 babies (rank #87 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Harry

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

3,957
Total babies (all years)
59
Years in the data
225
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
1955181#92
1956171#97
1957212#86
1958214#89
1959225#87
1960199#95
1961204#99
1962201#97
1963196#105
1964193#111
1965184#116
1966151#135
1967137#148
1968128#149
1969129#154
1970102#186
197180#213
197281#201
197359#240
197445#280
197550#259
197631#342
197735#321
197827#368
197931#351
198050#272
198140#311
198244#296
198329#369
198447#287
198546#299
198640#334
198737#364
198828#429
198922#508
199027#473
199121#536
199222#526
199321#535
199424#503
199521#537
199613#671
199722#530
19988#823
199916#619
200010#768
200110#773
200210#769
200311#746
20048#826
200512#695
20069#776
20077#840
20086#899
20099#746
20105#946
20118#772
20134#997
20154#16