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Haroon

Masculine

1976high 2025
#1778 in the U.S.climbing the charts fast
rising90 boys in 2025

Haroon is Aaron in Arabic — Moses's brother and the first high priest — and the caliph of the Arabian Nights carried it as Harun al-Rashid.

How old is the name Haroon?

Haroon first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Haroon is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,500 people named Haroon are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Haroon most popular?

Haroon peaked in 2025, reaching #1778 nationally. Today it ranks #1778, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Haroon

Aaron is Moses's brother and spokesman and the first high priest of Israel. Harun is a prophet in the Quran. Harun al-Rashid ruled the Abbasid caliphate from 786 at the height of Baghdad's power and appears throughout the Arabian Nights. Haroon is the South Asian spelling and is in current American use.

Meaningscholars disagree

Not established

Through Aaron, from the Hebrew Aharon, whose origin is genuinely unrecovered. Proposals include 'mountain of strength' and an Egyptian root, since the name may not be Hebrew at all. Arabic took it as Harun. Nothing is established, and honest sources say so.

How the name formed

  1. Aharon
  2. Harun
  3. Haroon

Related forms: هارون · Harun · Aaron

Pronouncing Haroon

hah-ROON

Two syllables, stress on the second. English Aaron is AIR-un with the stress at the front.

Nicknames for Haroon

Moderate

HaroThe front of the name, used inside families rather than generally
RoonThe back of the name, used inside families rather than generally
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1976–2025904509019762025

US babies named Haroon per year from 1976 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#17781970s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1976
Most boys named
202590 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1778reached in 2025
Change vs 2024
+5.9%90 in 2025, from 85
Haroon is still being discovered. Its best year on record is this one — 90 boys, and the rank has climbed 390 places over the last five years. The move since 2024: up 5.9%.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Haroon in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • هارون in Arabic — transliteration
  • Harun in English — spelling variant
  • Aaron in English — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, Texas.

Haroons among us

1,500

people named Haroon are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 18,979 born in 2025 was named Haroon

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Haroon

#1778
Haroon on the 2025 chart
#824
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Haroon went to 90 boys in 2025, but Haron is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 104, which makes it the 824th most-given boys’ name of the year — 954 places above the chart.

  • Haroon90
  • Haron14

About 1 boy in 16,424 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 18,979 for Haroon itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Zac test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Haroon's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Zac climbed just as high around 2010, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Zac's path sketches the road Haroon is walking now.

50%chance Haroon will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Haroon, aligned on its peakZac· peak 2010not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+10 yrsZac · #2829Haroon today
Haroon today is about where Zac stood in 2010 — in its own peak year. By 2025, Zac had settled around #2829.
Ages quietlyleaning trendyDates fast

Haroon is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Haroon is headed

19762030

US babies named Haroon per year, 1976 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Haroon looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 17% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.

Rising+17% by 2030projected around #1,685 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Haroon beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Haroon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Haroonthis name90#1778Jamarion90#1778Makhi90#1778Xion90#1778Irving90#1778

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The same figure is central to Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition.
  • A caliph of the Arabian Nights carries it, which is real cultural weight.
  • The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
What to consider
  • The meaning is genuinely unrecovered, and honest sources say so.
  • Harun is the commoner Arabic transliteration.
  • Aaron is the form English speakers will assume as an equivalent.

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Frequently asked

How many Haroons are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Haroon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Haroon?
Haroon is the most-used spelling in US records — 90 of the 104 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Haron.
How popular is the name Haroon in 2025?
Haroon ranks #1778 among US boy names in 2025, with 90 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Haroon?
About 1 in every 18,979 US boys born in 2025 was named Haroon — 90 in all.
Will my child share the name Haroon with classmates?
Haroon will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Haroon

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Jamarion#1778 · Makhi#1778 · Xion#1778 · Irving#1778 · Edrick#1778 · Xyleek#1778 · Marlin#1778 · Elon#1778

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