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
1918 · 155 births
Debut · boys
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.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #474, 1918boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,03573
2024#2,59551
2023#2,80545
2022#15,3065#2,43857
2021#2,58850
2020#3,27434
2019#9,11211#2,39456
2018#2,99439
2017#3,24935
2016#11,7818#2,55149
2015#3,51331
2014#3,69328
2013#3,86426
2012#5,25617
2011#6,57812
2010#4,09924
2009#5,80015
2008#6,07014
2007#4,99618
2006#5,07217
2005#6,22612
2004#6,13812
2003#5,87712
2002#7,6438
2001#5,14214
2000#7,4168
1999#5,65611
1998#6,3149
1997#4,96012
1996#4,39614
1995#4,79112
1994#5,45210
1993#3,81916
1992#4,87211
1991#3,63616
1990#7,1786
1989#3,44616
1988#3,20316
1987#2,55921
1986#3,88211
1985#3,59912
1984#6,3155
1983#3,41112
1982#3,10814
1981#2,89815
1980#3,25613
1979#3,35712
1978#2,66916
1977#2,55617
1976#2,82614
1975#2,06522
1974#1,98322
1973#1,92822
1972#2,32316
1971#1,86223
1970#2,05819
1969#1,60526
1968#1,47828
1967#2,13914
1966#1,58024
1965#1,72021
1964#1,61524
1963#1,25538
1962#1,36733
1961#1,30337
1960#1,32036
1959#1,19942
1958#1,32134
1957#1,31835
1956#1,15743
1955#1,10545
1954#1,15142
1953#1,21438
1952#1,04448
1951#94355
1950#1,10541
1949#88560
1948#80271
1947#86165
1946#86258
1945#76165
1944#94946
1943#79768
1942#78068
1941#80761
1940#71173
1939#73866
1938#59798
1937#65083
1936#71470
1935#67079
1934#64287
1933#59795
1932#570108
1931#576104
1930#591104
1929#547116
1928#533129
1927#531133
1926#597111
1925#531134
1924#506152
1923#513140
1922#497156
1921#500152
1920#526134
1919#584106
1918#474155
1917#514125
1916#534115
1915#520114
1914#56279
1913#55261
1912#60845
1911#60525
1910#78215
1909#75614
1908#9469
1907#86610
1906#79810
1905#47722
1904#8109
1903#8468
1902
1901#68310
1900#69913
1899#7868
1898#1,0026
1897#1,0575
1896#1,1015
1895#68510
1894#1,0745
1893#7688
1892#1,0665
1891#9635
1890#9945
1889#8786
1888
1887
1886#9595
1885
1884
1883#7996
1882#7547
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.

See more about Harland
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s24#754 (1882)#848
1890s62#685 (1895)#950
1900s105#477 (1905)#765
1910s840#474 (1918)#574
1920s1,357#497 (1922)#528
1930s894#570 (1932)#635
1940s635#711 (1940)#822
1950s423#943 (1951)#1,156
1960s281#1,255 (1963)#1,538
1970s183#1,862 (1971)#2,363
1980s135#2,559 (1987)#3,568
1990s117#3,636 (1991)#5,107
2000s130#4,996 (2007)#6,038
2010s317#2,394 (2019)#3,819
2020s310#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 1919

boys
#584
106 births · 1 in 9,246 boys

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #584Harland106
More about 1919

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 9,246 of them was named Harland, which outranked 87.9% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harland
  1. #580Dempsey107
  2. #580Hector107
  3. #580Warner107
  4. #584Harland106
  5. #584Elvis106
  6. #586Felton105
  7. #587Elwin104
  8. #587Guido104

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 446Quinten#1,313#867
  2. 432Dempsey#1,012#580
  3. 341Winton#1,231#890
  4. 334Donnie#1,211#877
  5. 332Edsel#1,062#730
Fallers
  1. 2,008Foch#869#2,877
  2. 582Carmel#949#1,531
  3. 403Eligah#918#1,321
  4. 398Nels#809#1,207
  5. 355Myer#966#1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1919