Haruki
Widely believed to originate from "spring tree" or "spring woods" in Japanese.
Name Census estimates that about 328 living Americans carry the first name Haruki. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Haruki today is around 14 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Haruki births was 2014 (20 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Haruki. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Haruki with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
328
~ 1 in 1,044,983 Americans
Peak year
2014
20 babies that year
Average age
14
years old
2024 SSA rank
#9,280
Tracked since 1990
Census
Haruki in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 340 people with the first name Haruki, which placed it at #27,081 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#27,081
National first-name rank
People counted
340
340 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Asian and Pacific Islander
81.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Haruki
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Haruki is Asian/Pacific Islander at 81.5%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (11.2%) and White (4.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Haruki described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Haruki at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Asian and Pacific Islander81.5% · 277
- Two or more races11.2% · 38
- White4.1% · 14
- Hispanic or Latino2.4% · 8
- Black or African American0.9% · 3
Popularity
Haruki: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Haruki from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 147 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Haruki remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Haruki by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Haruki during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Harukis live
Origin
Meaning and history of Haruki
The name Haruki is a Japanese given name that originated during the Heian period (794-1185 CE) in Japan. It is a combination of two Japanese words: "haru" meaning "spring" and "ki" meaning "tree" or "wood." The name can be interpreted to mean "spring tree" or "tree of spring."
The earliest recorded use of the name Haruki dates back to the 11th century CE. In the classical Japanese literature "The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu, a character named Haruki is mentioned. This work is considered one of the earliest novels in the world and is a significant piece of Japanese literature from the Heian period.
One of the most notable historical figures with the name Haruki was Haruki Murakami, a highly acclaimed Japanese writer born in 1949. He is known for novels such as "Norwegian Wood," "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle," and "Kafka on the Shore." Murakami has received numerous literary awards and is considered one of the most influential authors of his time.
Another famous Haruki was Haruki Kadokawa (1868-1941), the founder of the Japanese publishing company Kadokawa Corporation. He played a significant role in the modernization of the Japanese publishing industry and helped to popularize Western literature in Japan.
In the 20th century, Haruki Ariyoshi (1914-1976) was a Japanese author and translator who wrote several notable works, including the novel "The Twilight Years." She was recognized for her contributions to Japanese literature and was awarded the Order of Culture by the Japanese government.
Haruki Matsumiya (1912-1992) was a Japanese architect known for his modernist designs. He was responsible for the design of several prominent buildings in Tokyo, including the former Sony Building and the Nippon Press Center Building.
Haruki Ikegami (born 1943) is a Japanese jazz saxophonist and composer who has been active in the Japanese jazz scene since the 1960s. He is known for his unique fusion of traditional Japanese music with jazz.
People
Haruki + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Haruki as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with H
Other first names starting with H with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Haruki: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Haruki?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 328 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Haruki going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,044,983 US residents.
Is Haruki a common name?
We classify Haruki as "Very Rare". It ranks above 80.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 331 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Haruki most popular?
The single biggest year for Haruki was 2014, when 20 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Haruki is about 14 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Haruki in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 340 people with the name Haruki, or 0.11 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #27,081 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Haruki in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Haruki?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Haruki leans strongly male. 330 people counted with this name were male (95.7%), compared with 15 female bearers (4.3%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Haruki?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Haruki is Asian/Pacific Islander at 81.5%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (11.2%) and White (4.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Haruki most often in the Census?
Asian/Pacific Islander is the largest reported group for people named Haruki in the 2020 Census, accounting for 81.5% (277 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Haruki in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Haruki a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Haruki in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Haruki still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Haruki in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Haruki can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people share the name Haruki?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.