Harrel
Recorded 1914–1979 · United States
Harrel was most popular in 1922, when 24 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,111 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 764 people named Harrel.
Harrel over time
How old is the name Harrel?
Harrel first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1914, which makes it about 111 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 57 of the 112 years since. It was last recorded in 1979.
How many people are named Harrel?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 764 American births named Harrel between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 228 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Harrel in 2025?
Harrel was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Harrel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Harrel is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 764 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were 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.
How old is someone named Harrel?
Roughly 228 Americans named Harrel are alive today — 30% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 75 years old, and half are between 66 and 82.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org