girls' name ★ peaked 2015

Harmony

Meaning A female given name from Latin Gender Girl Rank 2025 #276 Trend ↓ Falling 25%

A female given name from Latin.

Rank 2025
#276
among girls · ↓12 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,123
named Harmony · -8% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,431
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2015
1,771 babies
All-time total
36,265
#732 all-time among girls
First recorded
1915
in Social Security records

Harmony popularity over time

36,265 babies have been named Harmony since 1915, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
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GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s 5 – 5 1 – #4,564
1920s 7 – 7 1 +40% #4,197
1930s – – – – – –
1940s 7 – 7 1 – #4,399
1950s 30 – 30 3 +329% #4,673
1960s 30 – 30 3 0% #4,990
1970s 1,295 5 1,300 130 +4233% #656
1980s 1,465 – 1,465 147 +13% #767
1990s 1,663 – 1,663 166 +14% #811
2000s 7,239 8 7,247 725 +336% #252
2010s 16,315 12 16,327 1,633 +125% #169
2020s (to 2025) 8,170 14 8,184 1,364 -16% #175

Where Harmony is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 1,070 0.67 #287
2027 1,027 0.64 #300
2028 991 0.62 #307
2029 962 0.60 #316
2030 938 0.58 #326

Where Harmony is most popular

Girls named Harmony per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.805 per 1,000. Strongest in Mississippi, Delaware, and District of Columbia.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Harmony born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Mississippi 160 3.42 +325%
Delaware 32 2.82 +250%
District of Columbia 26 2.19 +173%
Alaska 18 2.09 +160%
Louisiana 178 2.03 +153%
South Carolina 174 1.94 +140%
Alabama 181 1.93 +140%
West Virginia 50 1.91 +137%
Georgia 395 1.74 +116%
Hawaii 18 1.57 +95%
North Carolina 352 1.55 +92%
Arkansas 79 1.49 +86%
Nevada 68 1.46 +82%
Maryland 155 1.46 +82%
Michigan 215 1.18 +47%
Virginia 199 1.17 +45%
Kentucky 98 1.15 +42%
Tennessee 178 1.12 +40%
Ohio 252 1.06 +32%
Oklahoma 78 1.06 +32%
Pennsylvania 247 1.04 +30%
Indiana 145 1.03 +28%
Wisconsin 105 1.02 +27%
Florida 435 1.02 +26%
Missouri 122 1.01 +26%
Illinois 198 0.865 +7%
Connecticut 49 0.842 +5%
Minnesota 87 0.806 ≈ national
Arizona 112 0.798 ≈ national
Texas 620 0.771 ≈ national
South Dakota 11 0.771 ≈ national
Kansas 44 0.763 -5%
Maine 11 0.711 -12%
New York 278 0.702 -13%
New Mexico 17 0.699 -13%
Idaho 23 0.687 -15%
Iowa 40 0.685 -15%
Colorado 76 0.681 -15%
New Jersey 118 0.654 -19%
California 519 0.617 -23%
Massachusetts 73 0.604 -25%
Washington 81 0.561 -30%
Oregon 33 0.507 -37%
Nebraska 16 0.445 -45%
Utah 32 0.384 -52%
North Dakota 5 0.380 -53%
New Hampshire 5 0.271 -66%
Montana – – –
Rhode Island – – –
Vermont – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Harmony

Harmony is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #276 in 2025 with 1,123 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1915, 36,265 American babies have been named Harmony. Its peak came in 2015, when 1,771 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2010s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Harmony stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Harmony?

The median living Harmony is about 11 years old; half are between 6 and 18. An estimated 36 thousand people named Harmony are alive in the United States today.

median 11 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Harmony year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 1,123 #276 – –
2024 1,209 #264 8 #9,306
2023 1,303 #231 – –
2022 1,383 #213 – –
2021 1,512 #198 – –
2020 1,640 #175 6 #11,097
2019 1,713 #169 – –
2018 1,690 #175 6 #11,282
2017 1,715 #178 – –
2016 1,728 #190 – –
2015 1,771 #184 – –
2014 1,729 #192 – –
2013 1,625 #200 6 #11,228
2012 1,629 #195 – –
2011 1,420 #223 – –
2010 1,295 #246 – –
2009 1,299 #252 – –
2008 1,071 #313 8 #9,290
2007 1,080 #313 – –
2006 970 #340 – –
2005 791 #398 – –
2004 492 #576 – –
2003 468 #586 – –
2002 381 #666 – –
2001 365 #681 – –
2000 322 #721 – –
1995 155 #1,134 – –
1990 106 #1,472 – –
1985 122 #1,166 – –
1980 215 #767 – –
1975 174 #797 – –
1970 11 #4,859 – –
1965 8 #4,990 – –
1960 6 #5,948 – –
1955 – – – –
1950 – – – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 5 #4,564 – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Harmony

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Harmony Korine Harmony Korine American filmmaker and screenwriter (born 1973) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Harmony, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Harmony?

The median living Harmony is about 11 years old. Half of all living Harmonys are between 6 and 18 years old.

How many people named Harmony are alive today?

An estimated 36 thousand people named Harmony are alive in the United States, based on 36,265 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Harmony mean?

A female given name from Latin.

How popular is the name Harmony in 2025?

Harmony ranked #276 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,123 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Harmony?

36,265 babies have been named Harmony in the United States since 1915, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Harmony most popular?

Harmony peaked in 2015, when 1,771 newborns received the name.

Is Harmony a boy or girl name?

Harmony is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Harmony rising or falling?

Harmony is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Harmony become more popular?

Harmony is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 938 girls named Harmony in 2030, which would rank around #326. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Harmony?

Well-known people named Harmony include Harmony Korine (film director).

Names like Harmony

Names that sound and feel close to Harmony: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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