Fun Facts About the Name Harmon
- More than 6 thousand babies named Harmon: U.S. records list 6,642 babies given the name Harmon from 1880 through 2025. Even 35 girls received the name Harmon - about 1 girl for every 189 boys.
What Does the Name Harmon Mean?
Harmon is an English name meaning "army man," from the Germanic elements hari (also written heri), meaning "army" or "host," and man, meaning "man." It comes into English by way of the medieval personal name Herman, from Old High German Heriman. The literal sense of the compound is a soldier or warrior, and that is how the name was understood; the meaning is a plain description of a fighting man, not a later symbolic interpretation.
As a family name, Harmon is generally an English spelling variant of the same personal name that also yields Harman and Herman. It is not related to the Greek Harmonia or to the English word harmony, despite the similarity in sound.
Harmon Name History & Origins
The name behind Harmon is the continental Germanic personal name Herman, which appears in medieval Latin documents as Herimannus and Hermannus. It was borne by churchmen and noblemen in German- and Dutch-speaking lands, among them Herman, patriarch of Constantinople in the eighth century, and it remained in use across Germany, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia through the Middle Ages.
In England the personal name appears in medieval records, though it was never one of the most common names. It survived long enough to become hereditary, and Harmon is one of several English surname forms that grew out of it, alongside Harman, Harmond, and Herman. Surnames of this kind were normally taken from a father or ancestor who had borne the given name.
English colonists carried the surname to North America in the seventeenth century. From the surname it later came to be used as a first name in the United States, and it appears that way in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the American baseball player Harmon Killebrew, born in 1936, is a familiar bearer of it.
How Popular is the Name Harmon?
Harmon recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1921. Its best rank was #337 in 1890.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #15,744 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #10,576 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #17,175 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #17,823 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #16,197 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1931 | #4,613 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,955 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #5,504 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2023 | #4,147 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2022 | #5,099 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2021 | #4,292 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2020 | #5,326 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2019 | #4,267 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2018 | #5,870 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #4,996 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2016 | #3,919 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2015 | #4,945 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2014 | #4,051 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2013 | #4,106 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2012 | #3,568 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2011 | #5,060 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2010 | #4,156 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2009 | #7,383 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2008 | #4,792 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2007 | #4,280 | 23 | 0.0011% |
| 2006 | #2,996 | 37 | 0.0018% |
| 2005 | #3,757 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2004 | #3,316 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2003 | #2,809 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2002 | #2,658 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 2001 | #3,015 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2000 | #3,018 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 1999 | #2,823 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1998 | #2,957 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1997 | #4,534 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1996 | #5,317 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #5,277 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #4,903 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1993 | #8,007 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #3,814 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1991 | #6,154 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #4,055 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1989 | #4,369 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1988 | #4,281 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1987 | #4,071 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #5,559 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #5,369 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #4,029 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1983 | #3,976 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1982 | #3,566 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1981 | #2,712 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1980 | #3,159 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1979 | #2,820 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1978 | #2,237 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 1977 | #2,231 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 1976 | #2,873 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1975 | #2,576 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1974 | #2,501 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1973 | #3,095 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1972 | #1,791 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 1971 | #1,948 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1970 | #1,425 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 1969 | #1,745 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1968 | #1,624 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1967 | #1,460 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1966 | #1,435 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1965 | #1,445 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1964 | #1,136 | 46 | 0.0023% |
| 1963 | #1,412 | 31 | 0.0015% |
| 1962 | #1,180 | 44 | 0.0021% |
| 1961 | #1,188 | 45 | 0.0021% |
| 1960 | #1,217 | 42 | 0.0020% |
| 1959 | #1,073 | 52 | 0.0024% |
| 1958 | #1,106 | 48 | 0.0023% |
| 1957 | #1,174 | 44 | 0.0020% |
| 1956 | #1,059 | 51 | 0.0024% |
| 1955 | #979 | 59 | 0.0029% |
| 1954 | #1,000 | 56 | 0.0027% |
| 1953 | #828 | 76 | 0.0039% |
| 1952 | #943 | 57 | 0.0029% |
| 1951 | #906 | 61 | 0.0032% |
| 1950 | #964 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 1949 | #839 | 67 | 0.0038% |
| 1948 | #800 | 72 | 0.0041% |
| 1947 | #678 | 104 | 0.0057% |
| 1946 | #770 | 75 | 0.0046% |
| 1945 | #713 | 73 | 0.0054% |
| 1944 | #883 | 52 | 0.0038% |
| 1943 | #630 | 102 | 0.0071% |
| 1942 | #718 | 80 | 0.0058% |
| 1941 | #611 | 97 | 0.0079% |
| 1940 | #590 | 101 | 0.0087% |
| 1939 | #705 | 72 | 0.0065% |
| 1938 | #647 | 86 | 0.0078% |
| 1937 | #607 | 92 | 0.0086% |
| 1936 | #592 | 96 | 0.0093% |
| 1935 | #534 | 117 | 0.0112% |
| 1934 | #627 | 92 | 0.0089% |
| 1933 | #564 | 104 | 0.0105% |
| 1932 | #546 | 116 | 0.0111% |
| 1931 | #594 | 98 | 0.0094% |
| 1930 | #545 | 122 | 0.0111% |
| 1929 | #562 | 111 | 0.0103% |
| 1928 | #582 | 114 | 0.0103% |
| 1927 | #532 | 132 | 0.0117% |
| 1926 | #521 | 134 | 0.0121% |
| 1925 | #595 | 112 | 0.0100% |
| 1924 | #544 | 136 | 0.0120% |
| 1923 | #540 | 129 | 0.0118% |
| 1922 | #604 | 115 | 0.0106% |
| 1921 | #471 | 169 | 0.0153% |
| 1920 | #543 | 128 | 0.0120% |
| 1919 | #498 | 143 | 0.0146% |
| 1918 | #506 | 140 | 0.0138% |
| 1917 | #539 | 118 | 0.0128% |
| 1916 | #521 | 120 | 0.0135% |
| 1915 | #515 | 117 | 0.0138% |
| 1914 | #503 | 95 | 0.0145% |
| 1913 | #466 | 85 | 0.0166% |
| 1912 | #482 | 67 | 0.0156% |
| 1911 | #536 | 31 | 0.0137% |
| 1910 | #542 | 28 | 0.0144% |
| 1909 | #478 | 29 | 0.0177% |
| 1908 | #423 | 32 | 0.0207% |
| 1907 | #604 | 18 | 0.0123% |
| 1906 | #659 | 14 | 0.0105% |
| 1905 | #497 | 21 | 0.0159% |
| 1904 | #458 | 22 | 0.0172% |
| 1903 | #538 | 17 | 0.0143% |
| 1902 | #626 | 13 | 0.0106% |
| 1901 | #441 | 19 | 0.0178% |
| 1900 | #483 | 23 | 0.0153% |
| 1899 | #378 | 24 | 0.0226% |
| 1898 | #477 | 19 | 0.0155% |
| 1897 | #564 | 14 | 0.0124% |
| 1896 | #693 | 11 | 0.0092% |
| 1895 | #540 | 15 | 0.0128% |
| 1894 | #429 | 20 | 0.0173% |
| 1893 | #439 | 18 | 0.0160% |
| 1892 | #505 | 16 | 0.0131% |
| 1891 | #382 | 21 | 0.0208% |
| 1890 | #337 | 27 | 0.0243% |
| 1889 | #355 | 25 | 0.0226% |
| 1888 | #451 | 18 | 0.0149% |
| 1887 | #361 | 21 | 0.0207% |
| 1886 | #421 | 18 | 0.0162% |
| 1885 | #418 | 19 | 0.0176% |
| 1884 | #389 | 21 | 0.0183% |
| 1883 | #439 | 17 | 0.0162% |
| 1882 | #404 | 20 | 0.0176% |
| 1881 | #403 | 18 | 0.0179% |
| 1880 | #358 | 23 | 0.0208% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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