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The first name 
Harmony

Harmony is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.

Harmony – known and loved in the US!

The name Harmony isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Harmony ranks 179. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 10 were named Harmony. In the entire USA, approximately 30,143 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Harmony. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Harmony

What does the name 
Harmony mean?

The name Harmony derives from the English word ‘harmony’, which originates from Greek ἁρμονία (harmonia).

What is a harmony? In music, harmony is a pleasing combination of different elements. In other contexts, harmony refers to a state of agreement and balance between people or things.

Harmony -
keeping with the times

Harmony is a fairly recent phenomenon. In the past, the name wasn't really on the radar of expectant parents. Then, unexpectedly, Harmony cried out for attention, reaching its peak in popularity at #162 in our SmartGenius statistics in the year 2019. People over 50 probably didn't have classmates named Harmony, for there were many years in which not a single parent chose this first name for their daughter. Although it also has never been in the top 100 of most popular first names, Harmony seems to have been in vogue for a while, especially since the beginning of the new millennium.

In years where the graph has no value, the name Harmony was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.

Harmony in 2022 – for some parents the most beautiful name in the world

1,370 babies were named Harmony in 2022 - that's 1 in 108,198 newborn girls. With this number, the girls' name Harmony ranked 206 in our SmartGenius first name statistics in 2022, the most recent year for which records are available.

Harmony has 7 letters 
and begins with an H

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter H is quite rare as a first letter for girls' names: only 1.7% of all common girls' names in the US begin with H. The most common first letters of girls' names, by the way, are A, S and M, while U, X and Q are the least common initials of girls' names.

With seven letters, the name Harmony has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

Therefore: As 1.7% of all girls' names begin with an H, this initial letter is less common than the other letters on average. Interesting detail: of all the names that begin with an H, Helen is the most common.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Harmony

If your name is Harmony and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Harmony

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Harmony, you can simply say:

Hat

Apple

Rocket

Mouse

Orange

Nut

Yoyo

This is how the name Harmony is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Harmony in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Harmony

Harmony

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Harmony

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Harmony is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

H
A
R
M
O
N
Y

Have you ever waved the name Harmony

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

H
A
R
M
O
N
Y

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Harmony sounds like this: