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Harris
Pronounced /ˈhæɹɪs/
Rank in 2024
#1,318
Born in 2024
147
Peak year
1921 · #388
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 147 boys were named Harris, about 1 in every 11,669.
- It peaked in 1921 with 245 babies, ranked #388.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 16,322 boys have been named Harris since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Harris per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 3,464 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Silent: 3,048 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,501 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,040 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,453 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,095 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,270 babies, 0.10 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Harry + -s (“patronymic suffix”). From Harry, a male given name derived from a Middle English pronunciation of Old French Henri. ==== Proper noun ==== Harris (countable and uncountable, plural Harrises) (countable) An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic. (countable) A male given name. A placename: A township in Lake Timiskaming, Timiskaming district, Northeastern Ontario, Northern Ontario, Ontario, Canada. A village in the Rural Municipality of Harris, Saskatchewan, Canada. A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.
- (countable) A male given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈhæɹɪs/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Harris, CC BY-SA 4.0.