unisex name

Harbor

  • Gender Unisex
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 1,273

Harbor is a unisex name with 2 syllables. It is given to both girls and boys — about 67% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2025 it was given to 85 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2018, when 120 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 39,005 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2006.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Harbor over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Harbor by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2000s 57
2010s 656
2020s (to 2025) 545

How popular is Harbor?

In 2025, Harbor was given to 85 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Harbor is used

United States #2,977 85 in 2025
England & Wales #5,376 4 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Harbor

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Harbor also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Harbor over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Harbor

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Harbor — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Harbor

How popular is the name Harbor?

In 2025, Harbor was given to 85 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Harbor a girl's or a boy's name?

Harbor is used for both girls and boys. About 67% of recorded births with this name are girls.

How many syllables are in Harbor?

Harbor has 2 syllables.

When was Harbor most popular?

Harbor peaked in 2018, when 120 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Harbor a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Harbor currently ranks #2,977 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.