Thirty years of Harrison
Harrison in numbers
Harrison peaked in 2015 with 2,241 boys and has fallen since, to 1,007 in 2025. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2004 and 2007, from 1,493 to 2,123. It ranked 86th in 1996, reached 30th in 2007 and ranks 50th now. On average it was given to 797 boys a year in the late 1990s, 1,639 in the 2000s, 2,035 in the 2010s and 1,173 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year+2%987 to 1,007
- 5 years-28%1,401 to 1,007
- 10 years-55%2,241 to 1,007
- 20 years-39%1,643 to 1,007
- Since 1996+52%663 to 1,007
- Total, 1996 to 202546,965boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 50 · ONS · 987 in 2024
Rank 26 · NRS · 105 in 2024
Rank 79 · NISRA · 26 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | 1,007 | +2% | 1 in 299 |
| 2024 | 52 | 987 | -14% | 1 in 309 |
| 2023 | 49 | 1,151 | -7% | 1 in 263 |
| 2022 | 45 | 1,236 | -1% | 1 in 251 |
| 2021 | 49 | 1,254 | -10% | 1 in 255 |
| 2020 | 41 | 1,401 | -16% | 1 in 224 |
| 2019 | 37 | 1,663 | -6% | 1 in 198 |
| 2018 | 34 | 1,765 | -8% | 1 in 191 |
| 2017 | 34 | 1,923 | -13% | 1 in 181 |
| 2016 * | 32 | 2,220 | -1% | 1 in 160 |
| 2015 | 32 | 2,241 | +1% | 1 in 160 |
| 2014 | 32 | 2,214 | +9% | 1 in 161 |
| 2013 | 36 | 2,038 | -8% | 1 in 176 |
| 2012 | 35 | 2,224 | +5% | 1 in 168 |
| 2011 | 37 | 2,122 | +9% | 1 in 175 |
| 2010 | 42 | 1,943 | -0% | 1 in 191 |
| 2009 | 42 | 1,951 | -9% | 1 in 186 |
| 2008 | 35 | 2,153 | +1% | 1 in 169 |
| 2007 | 30 | 2,123 | +10% | 1 in 167 |
| 2006 | 36 | 1,926 | +17% | 1 in 178 |
| 2005 | =39 | 1,643 | +10% | 1 in 201 |
| 2004 | 47 | 1,493 | +10% | 1 in 220 |
| 2003 | 47 | 1,359 | +11% | 1 in 234 |
| 2002 | 52 | 1,222 | -9% | 1 in 250 |
| 2001 | 49 | 1,345 | +15% | 1 in 226 |
| 2000 | 56 | 1,174 | +22% | 1 in 264 |
| 1999 | 62 | 961 | +20% | 1 in 332 |
| 1998 | 72 | 803 | +6% | 1 in 406 |
| 1997 | =79 | 760 | +15% | 1 in 434 |
| 1996 | 86 | 663 | 1 in 503 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate