Harvard Popularity by Year
Follow Harvard across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Harvard birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 10 | #7,679 | Up 1,991 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 7 | #9,670 | Up 2,515 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 5 | #12,185 | Down 1,468 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 6 | #10,717 | Down 2,599 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 9 | #8,118 | Up 2,919 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 6 | #11,037 | Down 5,553 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 6 | #5,484 | Up 361 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 5 | #5,845 | Down 1,897 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 5 | #3,948 | Down 704 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 7 | #3,244 | Up 794 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 5 | #4,038 | Down 748 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 7 | #3,290 | Down 15 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 7 | #3,275 | Down 306 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 8 | #2,969 | Down 411 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 10 | #2,558 | Up 347 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 8 | #2,905 | Up 809 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 5 | #3,714 | Down 1,489 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 12 | #2,225 | Up 785 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 7 | #3,010 | Down 512 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 10 | #2,498 | Down 95 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 10 | #2,403 | Down 161 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 10 | #2,242 | Up 163 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 10 | #2,405 | Down 19 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 10 | #2,386 | Up 270 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 8 | #2,656 | Down 334 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 10 | #2,322 | Down 364 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 13 | #1,958 | Up 368 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 10 | #2,326 | Down 570 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 16 | #1,756 | Up 208 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 13 | #1,964 | Down 35 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 14 | #1,929 | Up 93 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 13 | #2,022 | Up 192 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 11 | #2,214 | Down 23 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 12 | #2,191 | Down 421 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 17 | #1,770 | Up 51 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 17 | #1,821 | Down 149 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 20 | #1,672 | Up 598 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 13 | #2,270 | Up 28 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 13 | #2,298 | Down 224 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 15 | #2,074 | Up 239 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 13 | #2,313 | Down 270 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 16 | #2,043 | Up 729 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 10 | #2,772 | Down 425 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 13 | #2,347 | Down 367 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 17 | #1,980 | Up 1,228 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 8 | #3,208 | Down 1,326 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 17 | #1,882 | Down 115 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 19 | #1,767 | Up 133 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 16 | #1,900 | Up 489 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 11 | #2,389 | Down 1,124 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 27 | #1,265 | Up 836 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 10 | #2,101 | Down 989 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 21 | #1,112 | Up 62 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 16 | #1,174 | — |