Harish
Harish is a name with multiple cultural origins: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam.
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Gujarati
- Kannada
Meaning & Origin of Harish
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Harish is a name with multiple cultural origins: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Gujarati
- Kannada
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Malayalam
The Story of Harish
The earliest SSA record of Harish as a baby boy name dates back to 1974, when 5 babies received it. 2003 was its biggest year on record, with 29 newborns named Harish — #3,185 in the national rankings. About 46% of every Harish on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Harish last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 368 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Harish
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Harish. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Harisha
Names that sound like Harish
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Harish
Harish is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 368 births in the dataset. Harish's peak popularity came in 2003 when it ranked #3,185. Use the chart and map above to compare Harish's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.