Harel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hah-REL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Harel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “mountain of God”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Harel mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew har 'mountain' + El 'God'
“mountain of God”
A Hebrew name from har, mountain, and El, God; Har'el also appears in Ezekiel as a term for the altar hearth.
Is Harel a girl's or a boy's name?
Harel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Harel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Harel, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1930.
2025 had more boys named Harel than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Harel in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Harel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
Names like Harel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Axel, Abdiel, Musa, Haziel, Hamza, Zamir, Yael, Azael, Salem, Yahir, Jaziel, Alijah
Names related to Harel
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Harel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harel, updated 20 October 2026.