Names / Unisex names
Haru
Current rank
#3,794
and rising
All-time peak
#3,794
in 2025
First recorded
1914
in U.S. data
Children named
503
since 1914
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #3,794 in 2025 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
(HAH-roo): Japanese, often spring or sun-related depending on kanji. Light-adjacent and very wearable. Stateside, it makes its debut in 1914. Usage has ticked up in recent years while remaining off the most-common lists. Only about 503 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.