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The name Harold is of Old English origin, and means army ruler. The table below indicates the number of times the name Harold has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Harold**
Use of the Name Harold for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
545,044	98,642	16,504	4,105	1,825	681	340

The table below indicates the number of times the name Harold has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Harold**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	116	113
1881	104	121
1882	115	127
1883	117	108
1884	85	191
1885	82	201
1886	78	224
1887	61	279
1888	70	298
1889	57	340
1890	47	408
1891	42	419
1892	37	583
1893	34	566
1894	32	690
1895	29	753
1896	23	862
1897	21	859
1898	22	964
1899	19	914
1900	20	1,251
1901	21	916
1902	19	1,077
1903	20	1,064
1904	20	1,186
1905	20	1,258
1906	17	1,330
1907	17	1,451
1908	17	1,538
1909	16	1,723
1910	18	1,903
1911	16	2,443
1912	13	5,096
1913	13	6,150
1914	14	7,558	961	38
1915	12	10,441
1916	13	10,700
1917	12	11,213	888	61
1918	13	12,202
1919	13	12,008	832	71
1920	12	13,675	898	66
1921	12	13,803	854	75
1922	13	13,592	946	62
1923	13	13,876	970	59
1924	13	14,136	834	81
1925	14	13,566	799	85
1926	14	13,298	762	90
1927	14	13,197	720	100
1928	14	12,667	755	89
1929	16	11,642	705	99
1930	18	11,631	864	69
1931	18	10,665	865	64
1932	18	10,427	902	61
1933	18	9,532
1934	18	9,908
1935	20	9,147
1936	21	8,631
1937	21	8,524
1938	23	8,543
1939	23	8,298
1940	23	8,091
1941	24	8,093
1942	27	8,551
1943	27	8,637
1944	27	7,936
1945	28	7,521
1946	33	8,351
1947	35	8,860
1948	36	8,121
1949	42	7,791
1950	45	7,194
1951	46	7,136
1952	51	6,956
1953	56	6,546
1954	61	6,332
1955	63	6,071
1956	71	5,948
1957	74	5,760
1958	84	5,133
1959	88	4,931
1960	92	4,677
1961	95	4,426
1962	95	4,227
1963	95	4,099
1964	98	3,872
1965	99	3,538
1966	99	3,315
1967	103	2,958
1968	108	2,837
1969	116	2,774
1970	122	2,720
1971	130	2,387
1972	132	2,024
1973	140	1,815
1974	146	1,682
1975	153	1,589
1976	162	1,436
1977	167	1,436
1978	190	1,240
1979	195	1,243
1980	207	1,185
1981	222	1,097
1982	224	1,045
1983	239	938
1984	253	863
1985	259	854
1986	269	802
1987	271	802
1988	290	799
1989	308	777
1990	324	771
1991	353	682
1992	355	666
1993	381	602
1994	439	516
1995	441	519
1996	440	509
1997	491	433
1998	514	407
1999	513	412
2000	535	407
2001	556	376
2002	587	361
2003	608	341
2004	616	340
Totals:		545,044		1,170

During the last 125 years, parents have used Harold as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.

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