Harshal
Harsidhhi, one of the aspects of Durga, is a regional Hindu goddess, popular in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, adjoining Maharashtra states of India.
- Marathi
- Gujarati
Meaning & Origin of Harshal
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Harsidhhi, one of the aspects of Durga, is a regional Hindu goddess, popular in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, adjoining Maharashtra states of India.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Marathi
- Gujarati
The Story of Harshal
American parents first put Harshal on the record books as a baby boy name in 1987, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 10 Harshals were born — ranking #7,427 that year. About 52% of every Harshal on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Harshal last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 86 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Harshal
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Harshal. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Harshad
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About the name Harshal
Harshal is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 86 births in the dataset. Harshal's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #7,427. Use the chart and map above to compare Harshal'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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