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Home ruler, through the Henry name family.
Harry developed from the medieval spoken form of Henri and is also an explicit Henry pet form. The reconstructed older Germanic name combines home with king; home ruler summarizes those elements rather than describing a child’s personality.
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RP/Australia and US without the Mary–marry–merry merger /ˈhæɹi/; Standard Southern British /ˈhaɹɪj/; merged US and New Zealand /ˈhɛɹi/
Recorded English personal-name alternatives. The HARRY/HAIRY distinction depends on accent; no single reading is imposed on every English speaker.
Recorded English reading, as published. Accents and preferred pronunciations can differ.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2025 | Boys | 75 · preliminary | 432 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Boys | 150 (rounded to 5) | 341 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Boys | 1,718 | 19 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Northern Ireland | 2025 | Boys | 90 | 13 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Scotland | 2025 | Boys | 120 | 31 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Ireland | 2025 | Boys | 183 | 25 | Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 1988 | Girls | 8 | 8391 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
| United States | 2025 | Boys | 329 | 775 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The exact English section explicitly documents personal-name use. Language of use is separate from the name’s deeper origin. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Harry entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Harry&oldid=93548993. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Harry developed from the medieval spoken form of Henri and is also an explicit Henry pet form. The reconstructed older Germanic name combines home with king; home ruler summarizes those elements rather than describing a child’s personality. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Harry, Henry, GermanicHenry entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Harry&oldid=93548993; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Henry&oldid=93571082; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction%3AProto-Germanic/Haimar%C4%ABks&oldid=93531830. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented personal-name route, root elements and their qualifications.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The exact English entry records the medieval French-linked form; the Henry entry explicitly lists Harry among its pet forms. This history is distinct from the ordinary verb harry. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Harry, Henry entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Harry&oldid=93548993; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Henry&oldid=93571082. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The English Henry entry explicitly lists Harry as a pet form; the Harry entry also documents its medieval spoken-form history through Henri. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Henry, Harry entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Henry&oldid=93571082; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Harry&oldid=93548993. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Recorded English personal-name alternatives. The HARRY/HAIRY distinction depends on accent; no single reading is imposed on every English speaker. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Harry entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Harry&oldid=93548993. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Syllable count for the documented full English personal-name readings; not automatically assigned to every language or accent. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Harry entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Harry&oldid=93548993. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Attribution: Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: (C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.
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Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
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Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
License: CC BY 4.0
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
