Harbor

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 80 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
80
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Harbor by the numbers

Harbor was given to 80 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 67 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Harbor

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Harbor. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Harperharp player10,735 in the US (2017)
  • Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
  • Harmonharmonious; a form of Hermann or Harmony19 in the US (2017)
  • Harjotlight of hari; divine light7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Harnoor19 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Harlo16 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Harbor

Names that are said the same way as Harbor, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Harbourarmy protector; place of refuge5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Harbor

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