The baby name Harold appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2024. It was most popular in 1924 with 18,299 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Harold has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 2,516 |
| 1911 | 2,859 |
| 1912 | 6,349 |
| 1913 | 7,628 |
| 1914 | 9,588 |
| 1915 | 13,181 |
| 1916 | 13 |
| 1916 | 13,755 |
| 1917 | 34 |
| 1917 | 14,554 |
| 1918 | 10 |
| 1918 | 15,813 |
| 1919 | 22 |
| 1919 | 15,561 |
| 1920 | 27 |
| 1920 | 17,762 |
| 1921 | 44 |
| 1921 | 17,913 |
| 1922 | 34 |
| 1922 | 17,491 |
| 1923 | 30 |
| 1923 | 17,905 |
| 1924 | 44 |
| 1924 | 18,299 |
| 1925 | 55 |
| 1925 | 17,612 |
| 1926 | 33 |
| 1926 | 17,478 |
| 1927 | 102 |
| 1927 | 17,271 |
| 1928 | 47 |
| 1928 | 16,458 |
| 1929 | 39 |
| 1929 | 14,890 |
| 1930 | 24 |
| 1930 | 15,932 |
| 1931 | 5 |
| 1931 | 13,979 |
| 1932 | 16 |
| 1932 | 12,793 |
| 1933 | 12,599 |
| 1934 | 12,653 |
| 1935 | 11 |
| 1935 | 12,082 |
| 1936 | 11,585 |
| 1937 | 11,524 |
| 1938 | 10,980 |
| 1939 | 10,313 |
| 1940 | 10,779 |
| 1941 | 10,762 |
| 1942 | 11,281 |
| 1943 | 11,125 |
| 1944 | 10 |
| 1944 | 10,320 |
| 1945 | 9,518 |
| 1946 | 10,096 |
| 1947 | 11,320 |
| 1948 | 11,166 |
| 1949 | 10,547 |
| 1950 | 9,631 |
| 1951 | 9,372 |
| 1952 | 8,810 |
| 1953 | 10 |
| 1953 | 9,125 |
| 1954 | 8,262 |
| 1955 | 5 |
| 1955 | 8,668 |
| 1956 | 8,208 |
| 1957 | 7,474 |
| 1958 | 6,947 |
| 1959 | 6,332 |
| 1960 | 5,927 |
| 1961 | 5,490 |
| 1962 | 5,406 |
| 1963 | 5,418 |
| 1964 | 4,822 |
| 1965 | 4,654 |
| 1966 | 4,181 |
| 1967 | 3,811 |
| 1968 | 3,525 |
| 1969 | 3,433 |
| 1970 | 3,259 |
| 1971 | 2,837 |
| 1972 | 2,476 |
| 1973 | 2,172 |
| 1974 | 1,974 |
| 1975 | 1,826 |
| 1976 | 1,810 |
| 1977 | 1,948 |
| 1978 | 1,444 |
| 1979 | 1,441 |
| 1980 | 1,509 |
| 1981 | 1,222 |
| 1982 | 1,168 |
| 1983 | 1,052 |
| 1984 | 900 |
| 1985 | 862 |
| 1986 | 996 |
| 1987 | 869 |
| 1988 | 828 |
| 1989 | 807 |
| 1990 | 810 |
| 1991 | 668 |
| 1992 | 790 |
| 1993 | 716 |
| 1994 | 625 |
| 1995 | 545 |
| 1996 | 525 |
| 1997 | 452 |
| 1998 | 430 |
| 1999 | 421 |
| 2000 | 438 |
| 2001 | 376 |
| 2002 | 363 |
| 2003 | 317 |
| 2004 | 391 |
| 2005 | 376 |
| 2006 | 375 |
| 2007 | 329 |
| 2008 | 319 |
| 2009 | 246 |
| 2010 | 300 |
| 2011 | 272 |
| 2012 | 247 |
| 2013 | 226 |
| 2014 | 263 |
| 2015 | 344 |
| 2016 | 354 |
| 2017 | 312 |
| 2018 | 295 |
| 2019 | 290 |
| 2020 | 221 |
| 2021 | 208 |
| 2022 | 223 |
| 2023 | 201 |
| 2024 | 198 |