Harvest
A name associated with gathering crops or spiritual reaping.
Name Census estimates that about 605 living Americans carry the first name Harvest. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 60.9% of registrations being female. The average person named Harvest today is around 23 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Harvest births was 2022 (45 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Harvest. 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.
Key insights
- • Harvest started out as a boys' name but over the decades crossed over and is now given to girls far more often.
People living today
605
~ 1 in 566,536 Americans
Peak year
2022
45 babies that year
Average age
23
years old
2024 SSA rank
#4,493
Tracked since 1914
Census
Harvest in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 482 people with the first name Harvest, which placed it at #21,162 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
#21,162
National first-name rank
People counted
482
482 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
57.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Harvest
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Harvest is White at 57.3%. The next largest groups are Black (27.0%) and Hispanic (6.6%). 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 Harvest 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 Harvest at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White57.3% · 276
- Black or African American27.0% · 130
- Hispanic or Latino6.6% · 32
- Two or more races4.1% · 20
- Asian and Pacific Islander3.1% · 15
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.9% · 9
Gender
Gender distribution for Harvest
Harvest is one of the more evenly split names in the SSA data. Of the 704 total registrations, 275 (39.1%) were male and 429 (60.9%) were female.
Harvest as a male name
- Ranked #11,386 in 2024
- 6 male births in 2024
- Peak: 1937 (12 births)
Harvest as a female name
- Ranked #4,493 in 2024
- 31 female births in 2024
- Peak: 2022 (38 births)
2020 Census snapshot
The 2020 Census sex table shows Harvest on both sides of the split. Of the 481 people counted with this name, 199 were male (41.4%) and 282 were female (58.6%).
Popularity
Harvest: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Harvest from the 1910s through to the 2020s, spanning 12 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2020s, with 199 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Harvest 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 Harvest during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Harvests live
Origin
Meaning and history of Harvest
The name Harvest is derived from the Old English word "hærf-est," which means "autumn" or "fall season." This word has its roots in the Proto-Germanic "*harbistaz," which is related to the Proto-Indo-European word "*kerp-" meaning "to gather, pluck."
The name Harvest is closely tied to the agricultural cycles and the seasonal gathering of crops. It first emerged as a personal name during the medieval period in England, likely given to children born during the autumn months or during the harvest season.
One of the earliest recorded instances of Harvest as a given name dates back to the 13th century, when a man named Harvest de Stoke was mentioned in the Oxfordshire Hundred Rolls of 1279. This suggests that the name was in use among the English peasantry and rural communities at that time.
In the 14th century, the name Harvest appeared in the historical records of the Norwich Cathedral Priory, referring to a monk named Frater Harvest who served in the priory around 1350.
During the Renaissance period, the name Harvest gained some popularity among the English gentry and nobility. One notable figure was Harvest Smyth, a wealthy merchant and landowner in Kent, who lived from 1525 to 1592.
In the 17th century, the Puritan movement in England gave rise to the use of more symbolic and virtue-based names, including Harvest. One example is Harvest Rogers, a Puritan minister who served in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1660s.
Another notable figure with the name Harvest was Harvest Parry, a Welsh soldier and explorer who accompanied Captain James Cook on his second voyage to the Pacific Ocean in the 1770s.
In the 19th century, the name Harvest became less common but was still occasionally used. One person of note was Harvest Hendrick, an American frontiersman and mountain man who lived from 1801 to 1878 and was renowned for his skills as a fur trapper and guide.
While the name Harvest has waned in popularity in recent times, it remains a unique and meaningful name that evokes the natural cycles of the earth and the importance of agriculture in human history.
People
Harvest + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Harvest 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
Harvest: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Harvest?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 605 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Harvest 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 566,536 US residents.
Is Harvest a common name?
We classify Harvest as "Very Rare". It ranks above 86.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 704 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Harvest most popular?
The single biggest year for Harvest was 2022, when 45 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Harvest is about 23 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Harvest in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 482 people with the name Harvest, or 0.16 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #21,162 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 Harvest 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 Harvest?
The 2020 Census sex table shows Harvest on both sides of the split. Of the 481 people counted with this name, 199 were male (41.4%) and 282 were female (58.6%). 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 Harvest?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Harvest is White at 57.3%. The next largest groups are Black (27.0%) and Hispanic (6.6%). 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 Harvest most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Harvest in the 2020 Census, accounting for 57.3% (276 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 Harvest in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Harvest a female name?
Yes, 60.9% of people registered as Harvest in the SSA data are female. 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 Harvest still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Harvest 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 Harvest 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 are named Harvest?
Our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers how many people share the name Harvest at a glance, with the living-bearer count up front.