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Harris

Gender
Boy
Say it
HA-ris
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#181 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,297 for boys
Style
Big in Scotland

Harris is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Harry”. In 2025 it ranked 181st for boys in the UK (317 babies) and 1,297th for boys in the US (150 babies).

What does Harris mean?

English: English and Scottish surname from Harry

“son of Harry”

Also the name of a Hebridean island, home of the cloth known as Harris Tweed.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Harris a girl's or a boy's name?

Harris is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 317 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 150 boys in the US.

How popular is Harris in the UK?

Rank in 2025
181st among boys
Babies in 2025
317 about 1 in 950 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 20% in five years
Same name in a class
1.5% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 317 boys in the UK were named Harris, making it the 181st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 151st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 503 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Harris than any year since 2011.

Half of all the boys named Harris in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 455 boys in the UK were given Harris or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #139, up from #181 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 396th in England and Wales, 10th in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 503 in 20152025
Harris in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025317#181
2024376#158
2023398#152
2022384#155
2021428#148
2020417#151
2019476#135
2018467#141
2017477#137
2016439#154
2015503#139
2014440#151
2013429#154
2012400#163
2011296#204
2010250#227
2009252#212
2008244#212
2007195#242
2006233#205
2005200#212
2004188#218
2003153#237
2002122#268
2001120#267
200089#336
199984#344
199872#367
199767#392
199657#405

How popular is Harris in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,297th among boys
Babies in 2025
150 about 1 in 11,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 23% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 150 boys in the US were named Harris, making it the 1,297th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 996th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 245 boys. 6 girls were also named Harris in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).

Half of all the boys named Harris in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 206 boys in the US were given Harris or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #976, up from #1,297 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 245 in 19212025
Harris in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025150#1,297
2024147#1,318
2023178#1,163
2022174#1,171
2021219#1,001
2020214#996
2019202#1,028
2018202#1,018
2017193#1,042
2016212#971
2015203#1,006
2014176#1,089
2013151#1,186
2012139#1,266
2011117#1,411
2010115#1,438
2009121#1,403
2008139#1,251
2007151#1,171
2006136#1,229
2005116#1,306
2004132#1,177
2003138#1,110
2002143#1,059
2001135#1,066
2000132#1,073
1999134#1,030
1998132#1,020
1997115#1,093
1996102#1,153
1995118#1,019
1994103#1,109
1993115#1,025
1992110#1,040
1991110#1,024
199099#1,061
1989104#999
1988100#960
198781#1,061
198672#1,101
198578#1,042
198468#1,083
198357#1,205
198262#1,163
198174#1,062
198048#1,357
197980#991
197864#1,087
197763#1,093
197650#1,225
197570#982
197461#1,052
197366#992
197271#960
197159#1,057
197065#1,005
196958#1,008
196860#938
196775#827
196682#805
196567#897
196478#860
196399#766
196283#831
196186#824
1960106#747
1959106#741
1958113#702
1957124#684
1956132#658
1955137#633
1954141#620
1953156#571
1952144#579
1951136#595
1950173#509
1949170#509
1948166#510
1947190#487
1946161#507
1945180#443
1944157#482
1943160#487
1942176#468
1941150#480
1940158#460
1939143#477
1938144#482
1937158#444
1936142#472
1935181#407
1934166#437
1933176#407
1932155#458
1931182#417
1930182#434
1929213#397
1928225#399
1927212#414
1926213#414
1925211#410
1924224#411
1923230#392
1922233#391
1921245#387
1920226#396
1919201#412
1918234#391
1917175#429
1916203#388
1915196#382
1914137#407
1913120#387
191283#428
191151#399
191033#480
190940#378
190838#374
190726#457
190631#387
190526#421
190418#515
190321#451
190226#388
190111#637
190033#385
189920#415
189825#394
189726#367
189627#367
189522#414
189422#399
189318#435
189228#357
189126#333
189017#434
188931#313
188827#353
188712#516
188619#403
188514#498
188420#399
188315#460
188216#453
188115#442
188018#403

Names like Harris

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Harley, Ellis, Otis, Henry, Leo, Otto, Stanley, Chester, Francis, Ollie, Arthur, Louie

Other spellings of Harris

Haris

Names related to Harris

Haaris, Harsh, Harish

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie

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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, “Harris: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harris, updated 20 October 2026.