Harrison
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Harrison
Harrison, a name made viable by Harrison Ford, is increasingly popular with parents who want an H name that's more formal than Harry or Hank but doesn't veer into the stiff Huntington-Harrington territory.
As a surname, Harrison has both Beatle and presidential connections. Harrison was the surname of two presidents, William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office, and Benjamin Harrison, whose election in 1888 sparked Harrison's peak as a first name.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, aka Prince Harry and Meghan, used Harrison as a patronymic middle name for their son, Prince Archie.
Harrison is also given to girls, where it ranks #11287 in the US.
Pronounced HAR-i-sun.
As of October 2026, Harrison ranked #116 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #52 in 1888, Nameberry popularity #119.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #127 | 3,205 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #119 | 3,343 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #107 | 3,662 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #113 | 3,521 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #115 | 3,412 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #111 | 3,455 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #114 | 3,221 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #121 | 3,149 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #127 | 2,919 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #119 | 3,064 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #121 | 2,958 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #116 | 3,072 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Harrison on lists
Famous Harrisons
- Harrison FordBoy
American actor
- Harrison Hagan "Jack" SchmittBoy
American geologist, astronaut and senator from New Mexico
- Harrison Bryce Jordan BarnesBoy
American basketball player
- Harrison BirtwistleBoy
English composer
- Harrison "Harry" LibbeyBoy
U.S. congressman from Virginia
- Harrison ReedBoy
American politician; 9th governor of Florida
- Harrison CraigBoy
Australian pop singer
- (William) Harrison "Bones" DillardBoy
American Olympic sprinter and hurdler
- Harrison Gray OtisBoy
American publisher of the L.A. Times
- Harrison Lynn "Hatch" RosdahlBoy
American NFL football player
- Harrison PageBoy
American actor
- Harrison Richard YoungBoy
American actor
- Harrison Evans SalisburyBoy
American journalist
- Harrison Colyar WhiteBoy
American sociologist
- Harrison WebbBoy
YouTuber
- Harrison WagnerBoy
son of actors Jack and Kristina Wagner
- Harrison "Harry" MajorBoy
son of model Emma Noble and James Major; grandson of British PM John Major
- Harrison YuBoy
son of singers Annie Yi and Harlem Yu
- Harrison Miller (b. 2011)Boy
son of comedian Ben Miller
- Harrison Cole (b. 2012)Boy
son of TV personality and footballer Joe and Carly Cole
- George HarrisonBoy
English musician of The Beatles
- William Henry HarrisonBoy
9th president of the United States
- Benjamin HarrisonBoy
23rd president of the United States
- Archie Harrison MountbattenBoy
Windsor (b. 2019), son of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex
- Harrison ButkerBoy
kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs
Harrison in pop culture
- "Harrison BergeronBoy
" short story by Kurt Vonnegut and its main character
- Harrison MorganBoy
son of Dexter Morgan on TV's "Dexter"
- Harrison JohnBoy
character on TV's "Popular"
- Harrison WrightBoy
character on TV's "Scandal"
- Harrison WellsBoy
many characters on TV's The Flash
- HarrisonBoy
character in the Rooster Teeth animated series "Camp Camp"