Girls' name · peaked in 2019
Harmony name popularity since 1925
36,253 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Harmony. Half of them were born in 2014 or earlier, so the typical Harmony is about 12 years old in 2026. Harmony peaked in 2019 as the #169 name for girls, and it ranked #276 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 36,253
- Named Harmony, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #276
- for girls in 2025 (1,123 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 36,214 girls · 39 boys
- Most popular in
- Nevada
- 2.76× its national share
Peak year is the year Harmony made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Harmony births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2015. Measured as a share of all babies, Harmony peaked in 2019.
- Steepest fall: Between 1981 and 1986, Harmony's share of baby girls fell by 46%, from 1 in 8,600 to 1 in 16,000.
- Fastest rise: Between 2002 and 2007, it became 2.6× more common, from 1 in 4,720 baby girls to 1 in 1,780.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Harmony's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Harmony.
Decade by decade
Babies named Harmony in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 7 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 30 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 30 | 0 | #4,990 |
| 1970s | 1,295 | 5 | #797 |
| 1980s | 1,465 | 0 | #1,166 |
| 1990s | 1,663 | 0 | #1,134 |
| 2000s | 7,239 | 8 | #398 |
| 2010s | 16,315 | 12 | #184 |
| 2020–25 | 8,170 | 14 | #276 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
55.6% of babies named Harmony from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Harmony is most popular
The index compares Harmony's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Harmony.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 2.76× | 337 |
| Georgia | 1.99× | 1,886 |
| Florida | 1.96× | 2,421 |
| South Carolina | 1.81× | 868 |
| North Carolina | 1.74× | 1,686 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Harmony and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Harmony (this page) | 36,214 | 2019 |
| Harmoni | 5,549 | 2020 |
| Harmonie | 2,814 | 2020 |
| Harmonee | 1,427 | 2013 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Harmony's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Harmony.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Harmony (2019).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data