Harsh

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Harsh: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Harsh: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,038 in 2004, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1038highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1998	#2074
1999	#1505
2000	#2142
2001	#1746
2002	#2254
2003	#1326
2004	#1038
2005	#1377
2006	#1280
2007	#1306
2008	#1828
2009	#1568
2010	#2036
2011	#1342
2012	#1756
2013	#2660
2014	#3895
2015	#2483
2017	#2512
2018	#2445
2019	#2728
2020	#3848
2021	#2730
2023	#2546
2024	#3254

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2020 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1038 among boys in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Harsh by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Harsh in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	18	3 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	120	10 of 10	12
2010s	83	9 of 10	9
2020s	25	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Harsh appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1038 in England and Wales in 2004.

Harsh's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1342	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1568	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1306	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1280	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1038	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1326	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,038, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
19births registered in its largest year, 2004Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Sukhraj · #1038, 27y
Afia · #1037, 28y
Daisy-Mai · #1037, 23y
Burak · #1040, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Sukhraj · #1038, 27y
Afia · #1037, 28y
Daisy-Mai · #1037, 23y
Burak · #1040, 29y

Harsh and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Harsh without appearing here.

Harsh moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3848 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Nils Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2483 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2512 and #4812.
Jade Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3848 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2730 and #4789.

Moved ahead of Harsh

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #848.
Braxton Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1342 and #1398 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1756 and #569.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #3451 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #1461.

Moved the opposite way to Harsh

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harsh went from #2020 to #3254 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harsh went from #2020 to #3254 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harsh went from #2020 to #3254 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harsh went from #2020 to #3254 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Harsh

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harsh went from #2020 to #3254 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harsh went from #2020 to #3254 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harsh went from #2020 to #3254 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harsh went from #2020 to #3254 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1038 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Harsh

Harsh at a glance

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Popularity journey

Harsh by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Harsh at a glance

Harsh by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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