Is Harbor a boy or girl name?

Harbor is a unisex name. Of the 1,258 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 66.8% were girls and 33.2% were boys. It changed hands in 2012, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Harbor

Recorded 2006–2025 · United States

Harbor was most popular in 2018, when 120 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,129 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,937, with 85 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,258 people named Harbor.

Harbor over time

Births per year. The dot marks Harbor’s peak in 2018. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Harbor a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Harbor is a unisex name — 66.8% of the 1,258 Americans given it were girls and 33.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 2012 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 68% girls and 32% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Harbor

Where Harbor is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Florida 10.9×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org