Harrie

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Home + king, through Harry

Harrie has been given to 469 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1921, with 18 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% boys, 11% girls all-time.

Babies named Harrie, 1961

1 in 828,000

Harrie over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Harrie over time

In 1961, Harrie went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Harrie: meaning, origin, and history

Home + king, through Harry

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Harrie means

Harrie belongs to the name family reached through Harrie → Harry → Henri → *Haimarīks. Its meaning is “home + king”.

Origin, language, and formation

Harrie is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Harry, Henri and *Haimarīks.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 417 boys were recorded with the name Harrie between 1880 and 1961. Its highest annual count was 18 in 1921; its best national rank was #862 in 1880.

In the United States, 52 girls were recorded with the name Harrie between 1916 and 1952. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1927; its best national rank was #3,886 in 1936.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Harrie?

Harrie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1961, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1961: 1 in 828,000; 5 of 4,142,426 births
Among boys only: 1 in 425,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1961: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 574,263 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Harrie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1961 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 574,263 children born in 1961 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Harrie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Harries were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Harrie was born before 1928 — so the typical Harrie is around 97 today.

Median birth year: 1928; About 97 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 29.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 33.1%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 45; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 29.5% of all recorded uses (123).

Is Harrie rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1921 (18)
Years since peak: 104; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #862; 1880

Spellings of Harrie

Harrie is not the most common spelling — Harry is, with 59.5% against Harrie's 0.06%.

Harry59.5%423,866
Charlie25.9%184,280
Darrin4.2%29,615
Harris2.3%16,472
Arlie0.94%6,712
Artie0.62%4,417
Darrien0.46%3,275
Farris0.42%2,991

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Harrie around the world

Where Harrie ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2025
#5,137
in 2025
Scotland
2024–2025
#762
in 2025
South Australia
1994–2010
#754
in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Harrie by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #862; 1880
Peak year: 1921; 18 that year
First recorded: 1880
Last recorded: 1961
All-time count: 417
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,886; 1936
Peak year: 1927; 7 that year
First recorded: 1916
Last recorded: 1952
All-time count: 52
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Harrie

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Harbor Harlyn Haroun Haruki Haruto Harvin Harjot Harden Harald Harman Harlo Harvest Harvard Hardin Harith Haroon Harish Harlee Amarie Harlym Haron Harel Harlon Harout

Sibling names for Harrie

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Elvera Rubie Tressie Lavinia Myrtis Margarette Adell Idella

For a brother

Antone Burl Dewitt Patsy Milford Odis Warner Raleigh

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