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By Pamela Redmond · Nov 2026

Harbor

OriginWord name
GenderBoy & girl
US Rank
Girls#2971
Boys#3792

66% girls · 34% boys

About Harbor

If you like names that are not really names -- some say, the wave of the future -- Harbor has an attractive sound as well as an appealing meaning and image.

Harbor for girls#2971 US

We've seen Haven take off as a nouveau girls' name; Harbor could follow in its wake.

Pronounced HAR-bur.

As of November 2026, Harbor ranked #3792 for boys and #2971 for girls in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3014 for boys in 2018 and #2257 for girls in 2018.

Popularity & trends

US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Boys #3,792
Girls #2,971
#3,000#4,000'14'16'18'20'22'24
20142025
18802025
Data table
YearUS rank · boysBirths · boysUS rank · girlsBirths · girls
2014#3,83227#3,73941
2015#4,21024#2,82162
2016#3,91827#2,62767
2017#3,81828#3,06853
2018#3,01439#2,25781
2019#3,51832#3,18950
2020#4,19324#3,10851
2021#3,20437#2,27481
2022#4,21425#2,43275
2023#4,38224#2,62767
2024#3,82029#3,45645
2025#3,79229#2,97156
Popularity history from more than a century of Social Security Administration birth records. Years without a line are years the name fell below the published records.

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Famous Harbors

  • Harbor MillerBoy

    boy that has appeared in several TV commercials

Harbor in pop culture

  • Pearl HarborBoy

    the U.S. base that got bombed causing the U.S. to enter in WWII

  • Pearl HarborGirl

    Hawaiian U.S. military base bombed by Japan in 1941

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