Is Haru a boy or girl name?

Haru is a unisex name. Of the 503 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 38.0% were girls and 62.0% were boys.

Haru

Recorded 1914–2025 · United States

Haru was most popular in 2023, when 47 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,903 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,196, with 43 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 503 people named Haru.

Haru over time

Births per year. The dot marks Haru’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Haru a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Haru is a unisex name — 38.0% of the 503 Americans given it were girls and 62.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 38% girls and 62% 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 Haru

Where Haru is most concentrated

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

California 9.9×

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