Holding steady, #10,107 for girls today.
Popularity of Harbour since 2013
Babies named Harbour per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 2014, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Harbour's real moment was 2021.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 74 | 18 |
| 2020s | 44 | 6 |
Meaning & origin
Harbour entered the US baby name scene in 2013, a late arrival even compared to other vocabulary-word names. By 2025, it ranked 10,107th, with roughly 1 in 178,585 newborns receiving the name, indicating a niche but consistent usage. Its peak year was 2021, though the trajectory is now stable. The name has no strong regional clustering, as top states data is absent. Harbour fits the modern trend of geographic and conceptual names, offering a soft, peaceful image. Its rarity ensures a distinctive choice for parents seeking something outside the mainstream, while its spelling variant 'Harbor' is also occasionally seen.
Harbour is a modern coinage, inspired by the English word for a sheltered port. The word itself has Old English roots in 'herebeorg' (army shelter) and later Middle English 'herberwe', but as a given name it emerged only in the 2010s, part of a trend of using placenames and nature-inspired vocabulary words as first names, particularly for girls in the United States.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Harbs, Harbie, Bora
Variants: Harbor
Sibling names for Harbour
Names that share Harbour's style, for a brother or sister.
