Harman
The Story of Harman
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Harman as a girl name dates back to 1999, when 7 babies received it. 2002 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Harman — #11,108 in the national rankings. About 46% of every Harman on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Harman last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 63 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Harman as a boy name dates back to 1880, when 7 babies received it. 2008 was its biggest year on record, with 32 newborns named Harman — #3,421 in the national rankings. About 23% of every Harman on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Harman last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Harman
Harman is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Harman's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #3,421. Use the chart and map above to compare Harman'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 .
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