Haroun
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ha-ROON
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Haroun is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Haroun mean?
Hebrew: French-style spelling of Harun, the Arabic form of Aaron
Salman Rushdie's novel Haroun and the Sea of Stories has a boy of this name as its hero.
Is Haroun a girl's or a boy's name?
Haroun is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haroun in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,342nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Haroun, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,317th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named Haroun in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 141 boys in the UK were given Haroun or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #353, up from #2,342 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Haroun in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,317 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,543 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Haroun in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,706th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Haroun, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had fewer boys named Haroun than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Haroun in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 172 boys in the US were given Haroun or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,076, up from #4,706 for this spelling alone.
Haroun in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
Names like Haroun
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Yusuf, Ayaan, Zayan, Eesa, Hamza, Rayyan, Zayaan, Ibrahim, Yahya, Zakariya, Muhammad
Other spellings of Haroun
Names related to Haroun
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Haroun: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haroun, updated 20 October 2026.