Haru
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #3,756 for boys
Haru is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Haru mean?
Japanese
A Japanese unisex given name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Haru a girl's or a boy's name?
Haru is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls and 29 boys in the US.
How popular is Haru in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 5 boys.
Haru in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
How popular is Haru in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,756th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Haru, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. It first appears in the records in 2003. 14 girls were also named Haru in 2025 (7,489th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Haru of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Haru in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 33% of the babies named Haru in the US were girls.
Haru in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Names like Haru
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Shivansh, Krishiv, Vihaan, Yuvraj, Avyaan, Gurbaaz, Ivaan, Advik, Harshiv, Veer, Aviraj
Names related to Haru
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Kenzo, Ronin, Kyomi, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kiyomi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo
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, “Haru: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haru, updated 20 October 2026.