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Harris

Boy's name · #1300 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Harris — on the books since 1880, #1300 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 16,000 boys share it. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Harris is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 20 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Harris is especially popular in Scotland.

#10 in Scotland (2025) · #397 in England & Wales (2025) · #438 in N. Ireland (2025) · #921 in Ireland (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #1,051 in Canada (2024).

Famous Harrises

• Harris Dickinson — British actor
• Harris Yulin — American actor
• Harris Wofford — American politician (1926–2019)
• Harris Jayaraj — Indian composer
• Harris Flanagin — Governor of Arkansas from 1862 to 1864, and in exile from 1864 to 1865 (1817–1874)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 624,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• Kamala Harris — Vice President of the United States from 2021 to 2025
• Ed Harris — American actor and director (born 1950)
• Neil Patrick Harris — American actor (born 1973)

In stories & tradition

• Harris Tweed — British comic strip character
• Harris — Porridge (TV series)
• Harris Ryland — Dallas (TV series)

What Harrises become

Among 204 notable people named Harris:

No single standout — notable Harrises spread across many fields.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Haris (#2428), Harris would rank around #1060 with about 210 births last year — the newborns split about 73/27 between Harris and Haris.

Similar names: Aris · Wiley · Harley · Coy · Otis · Paris

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