Harris

What Harris means

Means “patronymic suffix”

From Harry +‎ -s (“patronymic suffix”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Harris” (revision 94539956), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Harris?

US: Falling: down from #1006 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #273 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1889, when 31 boys got the name (#313 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 11,387 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,640 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 93 baby boys 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 AL (0.46 per 1,000 boys), MS (0.46 per 1,000 boys), AR (0.4 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Harris is #1297 in the US and #396 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 96.2% of US babies named Harris were boys.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Haris56 US · 125 E&W
• Haaris0 US · 20 E&W

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 Harris

Boys

• Harrison#116Editor’s note Steady in the US: #119 in 2015 and #116 in 2025
• Rhett#188“advice”^*
• Tobias#283“my good is YHWH”^*
• Maverick#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #184 in 2015, #49 in 2025
• Kyrie#244Editor’s note Up from #333 in 2015 to #244 in 2025 in the US
• Nash#255Editor’s note Up from #345 in 2015 to #255 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Anastasia#163“resurrection”^*
• Rose#114Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1917, with 9,783 babies; 2,386 in 2025
• Remi#145Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #502 in 2015, #145 in 2025
• Nova#46“new”^*
• Athena#109Editor’s note Up from #157 in 2015 to #109 in 2025 in the US
• Maisie#233Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Harris’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.