Harmon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAR-mun
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Harmon is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “army + man”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Harmon mean?
Germanic: English surname from the given name Herman
“army + man”
From an English surname based on the medieval given name Herman.
Is Harmon a girl's or a boy's name?
Harmon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 15 boys in the US.
How popular is Harmon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Harmon, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1921, with 169 boys. 5 girls were also named Harmon in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Harmon than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Harmon in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1955, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 5% of the babies named Harmon in the US in 1931, and 27% in 2021.
Harmon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 37 | #2,978 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,776 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 29 | #2,987 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,202 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,771 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,915 |
| 1970 | 35 | #1,415 |
| 1969 | 23 | #1,727 |
| 1968 | 24 | #1,613 |
| 1967 | 28 | #1,448 |
| 1966 | 29 | #1,427 |
| 1965 | 29 | #1,428 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,125 |
| 1963 | 31 | #1,402 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,171 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,178 |
| 1960 | 42 | #1,209 |
| 1959 | 52 | #1,067 |
| 1958 | 48 | #1,103 |
| 1957 | 44 | #1,164 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,055 |
| 1955 | 59 | #975 |
| 1954 | 56 | #995 |
| 1953 | 76 | #824 |
| 1952 | 57 | #938 |
| 1951 | 61 | #901 |
| 1950 | 52 | #959 |
| 1949 | 67 | #833 |
| 1948 | 72 | #798 |
| 1947 | 104 | #677 |
| 1946 | 75 | #767 |
| 1945 | 73 | #709 |
| 1944 | 52 | #878 |
| 1943 | 102 | #628 |
| 1942 | 80 | #718 |
| 1941 | 97 | #609 |
| 1940 | 101 | #589 |
| 1939 | 72 | #700 |
| 1938 | 86 | #644 |
| 1937 | 92 | #605 |
| 1936 | 96 | #591 |
| 1935 | 117 | #534 |
| 1934 | 92 | #623 |
| 1933 | 104 | #563 |
| 1932 | 116 | #545 |
| 1931 | 98 | #590 |
| 1930 | 122 | #540 |
| 1929 | 111 | #561 |
| 1928 | 114 | #578 |
| 1927 | 132 | #532 |
| 1926 | 134 | #521 |
| 1925 | 112 | #594 |
| 1924 | 136 | #544 |
| 1923 | 129 | #539 |
| 1922 | 115 | #602 |
| 1921 | 169 | #471 |
| 1920 | 128 | #542 |
| 1919 | 143 | #497 |
| 1918 | 140 | #504 |
| 1917 | 118 | #538 |
| 1916 | 120 | #520 |
| 1915 | 117 | #515 |
| 1914 | 95 | #503 |
| 1913 | 85 | #465 |
| 1912 | 67 | #481 |
| 1911 | 31 | #533 |
| 1910 | 28 | #537 |
| 1909 | 29 | #473 |
| 1908 | 32 | #422 |
| 1907 | 18 | #591 |
| 1906 | 14 | #640 |
| 1905 | 21 | #491 |
| 1904 | 22 | #452 |
| 1903 | 17 | #527 |
| 1902 | 13 | #614 |
| 1901 | 19 | #433 |
| 1900 | 23 | #477 |
| 1899 | 24 | #376 |
| 1898 | 19 | #473 |
| 1897 | 14 | #556 |
| 1896 | 11 | #674 |
| 1895 | 15 | #529 |
| 1894 | 20 | #419 |
| 1893 | 18 | #435 |
| 1892 | 16 | #497 |
| 1891 | 21 | #377 |
| 1890 | 27 | #335 |
| 1889 | 25 | #351 |
| 1888 | 18 | #442 |
| 1887 | 21 | #356 |
| 1886 | 18 | #417 |
| 1885 | 19 | #411 |
| 1884 | 21 | #386 |
| 1883 | 17 | #433 |
| 1882 | 20 | #399 |
| 1881 | 18 | #395 |
| 1880 | 23 | #356 |
Names like Harmon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Henry, William, Harry, Charlie, Walter, Lewis, Harvey, Archie, Otto, Wilson, Louis, Otis
Names related to Harmon
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles, Lottie, Avery
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, “Harmon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harmon, updated 20 October 2026.