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.
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 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 50,778 of them was named Harlan, which outranked 77.1% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,147Wynne35
- #4,147Zelena35
- #4,147Zyonna35
- #4,220Harlan34
- #4,220Aela34
- #4,220Aeryn34
- #4,220Ailish34
- #4,304Aasiyah33
- #4,304Addisen33
- #4,304Aeva33
Tied with 83 names at #4,220; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 6,232 of them was named Harlan, which outranked 94.5% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.