Harry Potter Names
The Harry Potter books mix ordinary British names with classical, botanical, and invented choices. This collection follows character names from the novels and pairs each with the separate U.S. history of that spelling.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Weasley, one of the Weasley twins. | 2,848#126 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Ron Weasley's formal given name. | 438#638 | Down 79 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Arthur Weasley, Ron's father. | 3,847#87 | Up 76 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Harry Potter, the central character of the novels. | 329#775 | Down 56 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Fred Weasley, one of the Weasley twins. | 80#1,936 | Down 134 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Lily Potter, Harry's mother. | 6,673#18 | Up 17 rank positions in five years | 2011 | ||
Molly Weasley, Ron's mother. | 1,601#196 | Down 23 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
Luna Lovegood, the Ravenclaw student. | 6,076#27 | Down 13 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Cedric Diggory, the Hufflepuff Triwizard champion. | 209#1,051 | Down 82 rank positions in five years | 1982 | ||
Ron Weasley, Harry's closest friend. | 24#4,360 | Down 885 rank positions in five years | 1960 | ||
Percy Weasley, Ron's older brother. | 154#1,279 | Up 782 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Minerva McGonagall, the Hogwarts teacher. | 89#2,112 | Up 407 rank positions in five years | 1955 | ||
Lucius Malfoy, Draco's father. | 189#1,129 | Up 95 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Ginny Weasley, Ron's younger sister. | 48#3,268 | Up 772 rank positions in five years | 1958 | ||
Neville Longbottom, a Gryffindor classmate. | 13#6,700 | Down 1,893 rank positions in five years | 1975 | ||
Hermione Granger, Harry and Ron's close friend. | 95#2,008 | Up 2 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Draco Malfoy, Harry's school rival. | 94#1,733 | Down 128 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Remus Lupin, a teacher and member of the Order of the Phoenix. | 16#5,787 | Down 965 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Sirius Black, Harry's godfather. | 33#3,499 | Down 376 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Bellatrix Lestrange, a Death Eater. | 29#4,673 | Up 1,019 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Ginny Weasley's formal given name. | 17#6,633 | Up 1,484 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Fleur Delacour, the Beauxbatons Triwizard champion. | 11#9,053 | Up 6,844 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Severus Snape, the Hogwarts teacher. | 9#8,792 | Down 1,381 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts. | 8#8,939 | Down 3,482 rank positions in five years | 2020 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.