Harrison is a boy's name of English origin meaning “son of Harry.” In 2024 it was given to 2,958 boys in the United States.
Harrison belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “son of Harry” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Harrison first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #52 in 1888, and in 2024 2,958 babies received the name — 96,050 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Harrison means “son of Harry” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Harrison is a boy name. In 2024, 2,958 babies received the name in the US.
Harrison comes from the English & American tradition.
Harrison first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #52 in 1888, and 2,958 babies were given the name in 2024.
Harrison is pronounced /ˈhæ.ɹɪ.sən/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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