Harland

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · #2,035 for boys in 2025, 73 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys: #474
1918 · 155 births
Debut · boys: 1882
7 births
In top 100 · boys: never
of 146 years
Total births · boys: 5,813
since 1882

Harland over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Harland has never cracked the top 400 here.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Year	girls		boys
	rank	births	rank	births
2025	—		#2,035	73
2024	—		#2,595	51
2023	—		#2,805	45
2022	#15,306	5	#2,438	57
2021	—		#2,588	50
2020	—		#3,274	34
2019	#9,112	11	#2,394	56
2018	—		#2,994	39
2017	—		#3,249	35
2016	#11,781	8	#2,551	49
2015	—		#3,513	31
2014	—		#3,693	28
2013	—		#3,864	26
2012	—		#5,256	17
2011	—		#6,578	12
2010	—		#4,099	24
2009	—		#5,800	15
2008	—		#6,070	14
2007	—		#4,996	18
2006	—		#5,072	17
2005	—		#6,226	12
2004	—		#6,138	12
2003	—		#5,877	12
2002	—		#7,643	8
2001	—		#5,142	14
2000	—		#7,416	8
1999	—		#5,656	11
1998	—		#6,314	9
1997	—		#4,960	12
1996	—		#4,396	14
1995	—		#4,791	12
1994	—		#5,452	10
1993	—		#3,819	16
1992	—		#4,872	11
1991	—		#3,636	16
1990	—		#7,178	6
1989	—		#3,446	16
1988	—		#3,203	16
1987	—		#2,559	21
1986	—		#3,882	11
1985	—		#3,599	12
1984	—		#6,315	5
1983	—		#3,411	12
1982	—		#3,108	14
1981	—		#2,898	15
1980	—		#3,256	13
1979	—		#3,357	12
1978	—		#2,669	16
1977	—		#2,556	17
1976	—		#2,826	14
1975	—		#2,065	22
1974	—		#1,983	22
1973	—		#1,928	22
1972	—		#2,323	16
1971	—		#1,862	23
1970	—		#2,058	19
1969	—		#1,605	26
1968	—		#1,478	28
1967	—		#2,139	14
1966	—		#1,580	24
1965	—		#1,720	21
1964	—		#1,615	24
1963	—		#1,255	38
1962	—		#1,367	33
1961	—		#1,303	37
1960	—		#1,320	36
1959	—		#1,199	42
1958	—		#1,321	34
1957	—		#1,318	35
1956	—		#1,157	43
1955	—		#1,105	45
1954	—		#1,151	42
1953	—		#1,214	38
1952	—		#1,044	48
1951	—		#943	55
1950	—		#1,105	41
1949	—		#885	60
1948	—		#802	71
1947	—		#861	65
1946	—		#862	58
1945	—		#761	65
1944	—		#949	46
1943	—		#797	68
1942	—		#780	68
1941	—		#807	61
1940	—		#711	73
1939	—		#738	66
1938	—		#597	98
1937	—		#650	83
1936	—		#714	70
1935	—		#670	79
1934	—		#642	87
1933	—		#597	95
1932	—		#570	108
1931	—		#576	104
1930	—		#591	104
1929	—		#547	116
1928	—		#533	129
1927	—		#531	133
1926	—		#597	111
1925	—		#531	134
1924	—		#506	152
1923	—		#513	140
1922	—		#497	156
1921	—		#500	152
1920	—		#526	134
1919	—		#584	106
1918	—		#474	155
1917	—		#514	125
1916	—		#534	115
1915	—		#520	114
1914	—		#562	79
1913	—		#552	61
1912	—		#608	45
1911	—		#605	25
1910	—		#782	15
1909	—		#756	14
1908	—		#946	9
1907	—		#866	10
1906	—		#798	10
1905	—		#477	22
1904	—		#810	9
1903	—		#846	8
1902	—		—
1901	—		#683	10
1900	—		#699	13
1899	—		#786	8
1898	—		#1,002	6
1897	—		#1,057	5
1896	—		#1,101	5
1895	—		#685	10
1894	—		#1,074	5
1893	—		#768	8
1892	—		#1,066	5
1891	—		#963	5
1890	—		#994	5
1889	—		#878	6
1888	—		—
1887	—		—
1886	—		#959	5
1885	—		—
1884	—		—
1883	—		#799	6
1882	—		#754	7
1881	—		—
1880	—		—

First appearance

1882

The first year at least five boys were named Harland! It came in at #754, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1884–1888, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys

Rising

560 spots since 2024 (#2,595 → #2,035)
1,239 spots since 2020 (#3,274 → #2,035)
1,478 spots since 2015 (#3,513 → #2,035)
Biggest jump: 389 spots in 1895 (#1,074 → #685)
Biggest drop: 416 spots in 1896 (#685 → #1,101)

Rise & fade · boys

36 yrs to peak

Debuted 1882
Peaked 1918 at #474 (155 births)
Births halved by 1936, 18 yrs later

Top of the charts · boys

Top 1,000 for 59 yrs

Top 10: never
Top 100: never
Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1903–1949

Share of babies · boys

1 in 6,014

Highest: 1 in 6,014 boys born in 1905 were named Harland (0.02%)
Latest: 1 in 23,398 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Its best rank, #474 in 1918, was only 1 in 6,539 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year

Era · boys

The 1920s

23.3% of all boys named Harland (1,357) were born in this decade

Show by decade

Decade	Births	Best rank	Avg rank
1880s	24	#754 (1882)	#848
1890s	62	#685 (1895)	#950
1900s	105	#477 (1905)	#765
1910s	840	#474 (1918)	#574
1920s	1,357	#497 (1922)	#528
1930s	894	#570 (1932)	#635
1940s	635	#711 (1940)	#822
1950s	423	#943 (1951)	#1,156
1960s	281	#1,255 (1963)	#1,538
1970s	183	#1,862 (1971)	#2,363
1980s	135	#2,559 (1987)	#3,568
1990s	117	#3,636 (1991)	#5,107
2000s	130	#4,996 (2007)	#6,038
2010s	317	#2,394 (2019)	#3,819
2020s	310	#2,035 (2025)	#2,623

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.

Harland in 1912

boys

#608

45 births · 1 in 9,554 boys

Top boys' names in 1912

#1John24,588
#2William19,626
#3James17,644
#4Robert12,836
#5Joseph12,062
#6George11,734
#7Charles11,070
#8Edward7,936
#9Frank7,912
#10Thomas6,087
⋯
#608Harland45

More about 1912

boys

429,942 boys got a published name in 1912; 1 in 9,554 of them was named Harland, which outranked 79.1% of the 2,905 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harland

#599Ottis46
#599Roderick46
#599Santo46
#608Harland45
#608Abner45
#608Alfredo45
#608Carlyle45
#622Antone44
#622Bennett44
#622Beverly44

Tied with 13 names at #608; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1911

Risers

↑ 864Arlo#1,740 → #876
↑ 848Guss#1,740 → #892
↑ 805Courtney#1,740 → #935
↑ 805Erling#1,740 → #935
↑ 805Masao#1,740 → #935

Fallers

↓ 1,688Rosendo#856 → #2,544
↓ 1,063Metro#982 → #2,045
↓ 1,057Lawyer#689 → #1,746
↓ 903Hymen#982 → #1,885
↓ 903Mathias#982 → #1,885

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1912 →