Harlen
#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · #2,332 for boys in 2025, 59 births
Given to boys 96.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1936 · 65 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,405since 1907
Harlen over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Harlen has never cracked the top 700 here.
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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 | #8,860 | 11 | #2,332 | 59 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #2,288 | 62 |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | #2,221 | 64 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | #2,379 | 59 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #2,321 | 59 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | #2,546 | 50 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #2,292 | 60 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | #2,445 | 53 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #2,186 | 61 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #2,335 | 56 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #2,234 | 60 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | #2,705 | 44 |
| 2013 | — | #2,895 | 39 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,772 | 43 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,437 | 51 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,826 | 42 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,991 | 39 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,344 | 33 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,640 | 20 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,223 | 22 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,464 | 19 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,246 | 15 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,616 | 17 | |
| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,142 | 14 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,873 | 13 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #6,496 | 8 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,407 | 8 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,751 | 17 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,697 | 12 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,327 | 13 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,521 | 13 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,215 | 9 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,568 | 18 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,614 | 10 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,991 | 11 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,509 | 14 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,767 | 22 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,788 | 20 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,906 | 17 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,814 | 18 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,918 | 17 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,850 | 19 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,902 | 18 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,757 | 21 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,686 | 23 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,728 | 22 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,620 | 24 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,644 | 23 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,583 | 25 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,317 | 34 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,538 | 25 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,826 | 18 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,551 | 24 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,245 | 35 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,725 | 19 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,395 | 27 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,616 | 21 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,107 | 41 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,116 | 42 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,409 | 25 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,204 | 30 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,018 | 41 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,006 | 44 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,139 | 36 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,129 | 34 | |
| 1940 | — | #929 | 47 | |
| 1939 | — | #931 | 45 | |
| 1938 | — | #939 | 45 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,094 | 35 | |
| 1936 | — | #747 | 65 | |
| 1935 | — | #814 | 58 | |
| 1934 | — | #909 | 48 | |
| 1933 | — | #812 | 58 | |
| 1932 | — | #821 | 60 | |
| 1931 | — | #939 | 48 | |
| 1930 | — | #892 | 55 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,129 | 38 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,057 | 43 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,028 | 46 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,144 | 39 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,012 | 46 | |
| 1924 | — | #993 | 50 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,057 | 45 | |
| 1922 | — | #991 | 51 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,069 | 43 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,119 | 40 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,097 | 39 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,124 | 37 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,264 | 29 | |
| 1916 | — | #998 | 41 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,037 | 38 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,153 | 25 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,256 | 17 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1907
The first year at least five boys were named Harlen! It came in at #1,345, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1907–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 44 spots since 2024 (#2,288 → #2,332)
- 214 spots since 2020 (#2,546 → #2,332)
- 98 spots since 2015 (#2,234 → #2,332)
- Biggest jump: 237 spots in 1930 (#1,129 → #892)
- Biggest drop: 347 spots in 1937 (#747 → #1,094)
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 1936 at #747 (65 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1930–1936
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,957
- Highest: 1 in 15,957 boys born in 1936 were named Harlen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 28,950 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
- 15.2% of all boys named Harlen (517) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 10 | #1,345 (1907) | #1,359 |
| 1910s | 248 | #998 (1916) | #1,268 |
| 1920s | 441 | #991 (1922) | #1,060 |
| 1930s | 517 | #747 (1936) | #890 |
| 1940s | 361 | #929 (1940) | #1,167 |
| 1950s | 254 | #1,245 (1952) | #1,544 |
| 1960s | 197 | #1,686 (1961) | #1,812 |
| 1970s | 112 | #2,509 (1970) | #3,321 |
| 1980s | 97 | #2,831 (1980) | #4,500 |
| 1990s | 110 | #3,751 (1994) | #5,304 |
| 2000s | 196 | #2,991 (2009) | #4,944 |
| 2010s | 509 | #2,186 (2017) | #2,513 |
| 2020s | 353 | #2,221 (2023) | #2,348 |
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.
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