Harmony

What Harmony means

From the word “harmony”

From harmony.

Source: Wiktionary, “Harmony” (revision 94539954), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Harmony?

US: Falling: down from #184 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #357 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2019, when 1,713 girls got the name (#169 that year). First in the US records in 1915.

How common

• About 1 in 1,431 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,423 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (4.46 per 1,000 girls), AK (3.63 per 1,000 girls), MS (3.6 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Harmony is #276 in the US and #538 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Harmony were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Harmoni252 US · 3 E&W
• Harmonii61 US
• Harmonee34 US
• Harmani16 US
• Harmyni10 US
• Harmoney9 US
• Hermoni7 US
• Harmonei5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Harmony

Girls

• Arabella#213Editor’s note Steady in the US: #194 in 2015 and #213 in 2025
• Lilliana#445Editor’s note Down from #270 in 2015 to #445 in 2025 in the US
• Stella#52“star”^*
• Liliana#78Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Lucy#24“light”^*
• Lilianna#890Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1980, with 6 babies

For a brother

• Lucas#10Editor’s note Up from #16 in 2015 to #10 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 170 US boys in the 2025 records
• Lukas#288“a man from Lucania”^*
• Julian#25“Roman personal name”^*
• Titus#358“honorable”^*
• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*
• Lucian#462Editor’s note Up from #633 in 2015 to #462 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Harmony’s. Rank is US 2025.