boys:
188 births since 1930
#4398 (4th percentile)
overall:
188 births since 1930
#7551 (2nd percentile)
The name Harel is the #7,551 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 188 recorded births since 1930. This represents the 2.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,398 (4.0% percentile) for all time with 188 births since 1930.
Harel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1930 (first recorded for boys in 1930). Birth data for Harel is available in 23 out of the 94 years between 1930 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Harel reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #864) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Harel ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 49.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Harel".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Harel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.9% confident that Harel is pronounced as hah-REHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is huh-REHL, at 36.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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