Harsimran
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- har-SIM-ran
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Harsimran is a girls' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “remembrance of God”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Harsimran mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name, Har + simran
“remembrance of God”
Simran, meditative remembrance of God's name, is a central practice in Sikhism.
Is Harsimran a girl's or a boy's name?
Harsimran is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Harsimran in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Harsimran, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Harsimran in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2015, 60% of the babies named Harsimran in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Harsimran in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,319 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,348 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,621 |
How popular is Harsimran in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Harsimran in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Harsimran in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Nicknames for Harsimran
- Simran 24 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Harsimran
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Priya Hanvika Amrit Avneet Radhika Gurmehar Simran Gursifat Japneet Harvi Gursanjh Vaishnavi
More Punjabi names
Asees Gurbaaz Nirvair Gurfateh Jind Baani Akaal Gurnawab Jujhar Ajooni Mannat Ekam Gurniwaz Gurnaaz Avleen Anhad
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, “Harsimran: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harsimran, updated 20 October 2026.