Harlan
#3,975 for girls in 2025, 36 births · #617 for boys in 2025, 454 births
Given to boys 98.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1924 · 519 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 26,481since 1880
Harlan over time
Rank among boys' names. Harlan has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,975 | 36 | #617 | 454 |
| 2024 | #3,516 | 44 | #665 | 412 |
| 2023 | #3,225 | 50 | #653 | 418 |
| 2022 | #3,765 | 40 | #727 | 357 |
| 2021 | #3,614 | 42 | #638 | 433 |
| 2020 | #4,358 | 31 | #692 | 368 |
| 2019 | #5,798 | 21 | #818 | 278 |
| 2018 | #5,315 | 24 | #744 | 319 |
| 2017 | #4,220 | 34 | #788 | 297 |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 | #829 | 274 |
| 2015 | #4,295 | 33 | #822 | 275 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 | #938 | 224 |
| 2013 | #6,255 | 20 | #845 | 252 |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 | #1,065 | 178 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | #1,132 | 160 |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | #1,168 | 157 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #1,250 | 142 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | #1,361 | 125 |
| 2007 | — | #1,700 | 89 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,627 | 88 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #1,854 | 69 |
| 2004 | — | #2,051 | 58 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,764 | 68 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,744 | 66 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,777 | 63 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,487 | 82 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,733 | 59 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,475 | 75 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,790 | 53 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,785 | 51 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,338 | 77 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,340 | 76 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,472 | 63 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,417 | 65 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,297 | 75 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,149 | 89 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,452 | 57 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,249 | 67 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,161 | 68 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,174 | 65 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,094 | 72 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,134 | 64 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,075 | 68 | |
| 1982 | — | #933 | 92 | |
| 1981 | — | #920 | 95 | |
| 1980 | — | #974 | 85 | |
| 1979 | — | #930 | 89 | |
| 1978 | — | #983 | 77 | |
| 1977 | — | #937 | 82 | |
| 1976 | — | #860 | 94 | |
| 1975 | — | #857 | 94 | |
| 1974 | — | #961 | 72 | |
| 1973 | — | #825 | 93 | |
| 1972 | — | #737 | 115 | |
| 1971 | — | #775 | 110 | |
| 1970 | — | #706 | 139 | |
| 1969 | — | #709 | 121 | |
| 1968 | — | #638 | 141 | |
| 1967 | — | #608 | 152 | |
| 1966 | — | #616 | 146 | |
| 1965 | — | #587 | 168 | |
| 1964 | — | #569 | 194 | |
| 1963 | — | #554 | 204 | |
| 1962 | — | #513 | 237 | |
| 1961 | — | #526 | 227 | |
| 1960 | — | #518 | 234 | |
| 1959 | — | #535 | 217 | |
| 1958 | — | #496 | 245 | |
| 1957 | — | #473 | 269 | |
| 1956 | — | #476 | 253 | |
| 1955 | — | #421 | 299 | |
| 1954 | — | #440 | 272 | |
| 1953 | — | #424 | 274 | |
| 1952 | — | #386 | 317 | |
| 1951 | — | #389 | 301 | |
| 1950 | — | #408 | 273 | |
| 1949 | — | #379 | 315 | |
| 1948 | — | #381 | 320 | |
| 1947 | — | #375 | 335 | |
| 1946 | — | #354 | 335 | |
| 1945 | — | #332 | 322 | |
| 1944 | — | #357 | 281 | |
| 1943 | — | #326 | 352 | |
| 1942 | — | #321 | 356 | |
| 1941 | — | #309 | 352 | |
| 1940 | — | #330 | 301 | |
| 1939 | — | #297 | 349 | |
| 1938 | — | #283 | 379 | |
| 1937 | — | #296 | 332 | |
| 1936 | — | #269 | 400 | |
| 1935 | — | #275 | 388 | |
| 1934 | — | #273 | 393 | |
| 1933 | — | #276 | 365 | |
| 1932 | — | #259 | 437 | |
| 1931 | — | #265 | 423 | |
| 1930 | — | #275 | 425 | |
| 1929 | — | #296 | 354 | |
| 1928 | — | #272 | 435 | |
| 1927 | — | #273 | 427 | |
| 1926 | — | #282 | 407 | |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #262 | 470 |
| 1924 | — | #253 | 519 | |
| 1923 | — | #270 | 432 | |
| 1922 | — | #284 | 387 | |
| 1921 | — | #273 | 415 | |
| 1920 | — | #318 | 331 | |
| 1919 | — | #317 | 307 | |
| 1918 | — | #313 | 321 | |
| 1917 | — | #332 | 268 | |
| 1916 | — | #303 | 294 | |
| 1915 | — | #319 | 266 | |
| 1914 | — | #311 | 211 | |
| 1913 | — | #349 | 140 | |
| 1912 | — | #382 | 101 | |
| 1911 | — | #344 | 63 | |
| 1910 | — | #421 | 41 | |
| 1909 | — | #436 | 33 | |
| 1908 | — | #429 | 31 | |
| 1907 | — | #381 | 35 | |
| 1906 | — | #456 | 24 | |
| 1905 | — | #430 | 25 | |
| 1904 | — | #360 | 31 | |
| 1903 | — | #550 | 16 | |
| 1902 | — | #415 | 24 | |
| 1901 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1900 | — | #555 | 19 | |
| 1899 | — | #402 | 21 | |
| 1898 | — | #663 | 11 | |
| 1897 | — | #411 | 21 | |
| 1896 | — | #641 | 12 | |
| 1895 | — | #609 | 12 | |
| 1894 | — | #480 | 17 | |
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | — | #597 | 12 | |
| 1891 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1890 | — | #533 | 13 | |
| 1889 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1888 | — | #528 | 14 | |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1885 | — | #604 | 10 | |
| 1884 | — | #504 | 14 | |
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #487 | 13 | |
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Harlan was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Harlan is popular in 2015
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#378 · 1 in 2,000
- New Mexico#398 · 1 in 1,772
- Oregon#425 · 1 in 2,015
- Iowa#453 · 1 in 2,253
- Indiana#454 · 1 in 2,582
Best ever in a state: #35 in South Dakota, 1939.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #378 | 11 | 1 in 2,000 |
| New Mexico | #398 | 5 | 1 in 1,772 |
| Oregon | #425 | 9 | 1 in 2,015 |
| Iowa | #453 | 7 | 1 in 2,253 |
| Indiana | #454 | 14 | 1 in 2,582 |
| North Carolina | #527 | 15 | 1 in 3,467 |
| Tennessee | #553 | 11 | 1 in 3,322 |
| Minnesota | #581 | 8 | 1 in 3,548 |
| Washington | #598 | 10 | 1 in 3,678 |
| Missouri | #659 | 7 | 1 in 4,514 |
| Wisconsin | #673 | 6 | 1 in 4,536 |
| Louisiana | #707 | 6 | 1 in 4,246 |
| Maryland | #708 | 6 | 1 in 4,635 |
| Arizona | #782 | 6 | 1 in 6,161 |
| Colorado | #783 | 5 | 1 in 5,536 |
| Ohio | #837 | 9 | 1 in 6,699 |
| Pennsylvania | #850 | 8 | 1 in 7,478 |
| Texas | #876 | 25 | 1 in 7,523 |
| Virginia | #885 | 6 | 1 in 7,070 |
| Illinois | #893 | 9 | 1 in 7,376 |
| Georgia | #909 | 8 | 1 in 6,868 |
| Florida | #911 | 13 | 1 in 7,565 |
| New Jersey | #960 | 5 | 1 in 8,318 |
| California | #1,211 | 16 | 1 in 14,144 |
| New York | #1,620 | 6 | 1 in 17,141 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Harlan
- 48 spots since 2024 (#665 → #617)
- 75 spots since 2020 (#692 → #617)
- 205 spots since 2015 (#822 → #617)
- Biggest jump: 388 spots in 1884 (#892 → #504)
- Biggest drop: 252 spots in 1898 (#411 → #663)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1924 at #253 (519 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 32 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 116 yrs · run 1880–1982
- Highest: 1 in 2,183 boys born in 1924 were named Harlan (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,762 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 15.8% of all boys named Harlan (4,177) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 106 | #487 (1881) | #611 |
| 1890s | 137 | #402 (1899) | #569 |
| 1900s | 258 | #360 (1904) | #443 |
| 1910s | 2,012 | #303 (1916) | #339 |
| 1920s | 4,177 | #253 (1924) | #278 |
| 1930s | 3,891 | #259 (1932) | #277 |
| 1940s | 3,269 | #309 (1941) | #346 |
| 1950s | 2,720 | #386 (1952) | #445 |
| 1960s | 1,824 | #513 (1962) | #584 |
| 1970s | 965 | #706 (1970) | #857 |
| 1980s | 733 | #920 (1981) | #1,117 |
| 1990s | 683 | #1,149 (1990) | #1,480 |
| 2000s | 850 | #1,250 (2009) | #1,662 |
| 2010s | 2,414 | #744 (2018) | #915 |
| 2020s | 2,442 | #617 (2025) | #665 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Harlan in 2015
Top girls' names in 2015
Top boys' names in 2015
More about 2015
girls
1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 54,094 of them was named Harlan, which outranked 77.5% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,232Sydnie34
- #4,232Vanya34
- #4,232Zoei34
- #4,295Harlan33
- #4,295Adalin33
- #4,295Ajah33
- #4,295Akemi33
- #4,403Adelene32
- #4,403Adysen32
- #4,403Amayrani32
Tied with 107 names at #4,295; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 6,970 of them was named Harlan, which outranked 94.2% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).