Harley
#418 for girls in 2025, 748 births · #1,081 for boys in 2025, 199 births
Given to boys 56.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 77 births
- Debut · boys
- 70 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 40,705since 1880
Harley over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #418 | 748 | #1,081 | 199 |
| 2024 | #396 | 797 | #1,019 | 219 |
| 2023 | #345 | 891 | #997 | 221 |
| 2022 | #328 | 981 | #913 | 253 |
| 2021 | #305 | 1,046 | #920 | 247 |
| 2020 | #286 | 1,115 | #781 | 300 |
| 2019 | #273 | 1,221 | #802 | 286 |
| 2018 | #223 | 1,415 | #772 | 300 |
| 2017 | #202 | 1,532 | #646 | 401 |
| 2016 | #224 | 1,433 | #674 | 379 |
| 2015 | #278 | 1,136 | #653 | 395 |
| 2014 | #350 | 949 | #639 | 411 |
| 2013 | #359 | 878 | #616 | 403 |
| 2012 | #413 | 760 | #632 | 384 |
| 2011 | #436 | 716 | #632 | 370 |
| 2010 | #431 | 717 | #563 | 449 |
| 2009 | #419 | 764 | #568 | 465 |
| 2008 | #411 | 781 | #595 | 422 |
| 2007 | #485 | 669 | #600 | 419 |
| 2006 | #388 | 836 | #518 | 498 |
| 2005 | #375 | 842 | #505 | 487 |
| 2004 | #362 | 876 | #461 | 560 |
| 2003 | #311 | 997 | #417 | 615 |
| 2002 | #342 | 871 | #428 | 581 |
| 2001 | #365 | 820 | #458 | 529 |
| 2000 | #382 | 756 | #444 | 538 |
| 1999 | #381 | 754 | #459 | 498 |
| 1998 | #352 | 825 | #429 | 541 |
| 1997 | #378 | 700 | #408 | 566 |
| 1996 | #368 | 730 | #388 | 605 |
| 1995 | #349 | 752 | #366 | 652 |
| 1994 | #317 | 858 | #322 | 789 |
| 1993 | #356 | 718 | #342 | 728 |
| 1992 | #522 | 456 | #407 | 557 |
| 1991 | #677 | 316 | #542 | 350 |
| 1990 | #1,110 | 157 | #589 | 292 |
| 1989 | #1,686 | 81 | #594 | 269 |
| 1988 | #2,867 | 36 | #626 | 228 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #665 | 189 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | #628 | 203 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | #581 | 226 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | #584 | 209 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #578 | 213 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #547 | 247 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #536 | 244 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #508 | 281 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #546 | 244 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #538 | 237 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #609 | 189 |
| 1976 | — | #631 | 169 | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #700 | 141 |
| 1974 | — | #619 | 169 | |
| 1973 | — | #704 | 130 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #688 | 135 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #715 | 134 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #724 | 129 |
| 1969 | — | #736 | 113 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #679 | 123 |
| 1967 | — | #669 | 125 | |
| 1966 | — | #626 | 140 | |
| 1965 | — | #668 | 123 | |
| 1964 | — | #643 | 147 | |
| 1963 | — | #677 | 134 | |
| 1962 | — | #662 | 138 | |
| 1961 | — | #615 | 167 | |
| 1960 | — | #598 | 172 | |
| 1959 | — | #587 | 177 | |
| 1958 | — | #582 | 177 | |
| 1957 | — | #508 | 234 | |
| 1956 | — | #492 | 237 | |
| 1955 | — | #489 | 225 | |
| 1954 | — | #468 | 243 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #448 | 256 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #419 | 272 |
| 1951 | — | #425 | 257 | |
| 1950 | — | #413 | 265 | |
| 1949 | — | #385 | 303 | |
| 1948 | — | #395 | 295 | |
| 1947 | — | #374 | 336 | |
| 1946 | — | #366 | 318 | |
| 1945 | — | #342 | 308 | |
| 1944 | — | #340 | 309 | |
| 1943 | — | #325 | 355 | |
| 1942 | — | #341 | 319 | |
| 1941 | — | #326 | 326 | |
| 1940 | — | #300 | 346 | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #304 | 333 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #292 | 350 |
| 1937 | — | #284 | 363 | |
| 1936 | — | #287 | 354 | |
| 1935 | — | #284 | 364 | |
| 1934 | — | #277 | 375 | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #280 | 352 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #275 | 396 |
| 1931 | — | #259 | 440 | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #264 | 454 |
| 1929 | — | #269 | 427 | |
| 1928 | — | #254 | 484 | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #267 | 456 |
| 1926 | — | #253 | 492 | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #264 | 462 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #252 | 522 |
| 1923 | — | #256 | 478 | |
| 1922 | — | #247 | 525 | |
| 1921 | — | #242 | 537 | |
| 1920 | — | #250 | 484 | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #249 | 452 |
| 1918 | — | #240 | 491 | |
| 1917 | — | #243 | 430 | |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #234 | 454 |
| 1915 | — | #229 | 434 | |
| 1914 | — | #235 | 322 | |
| 1913 | — | #269 | 204 | |
| 1912 | — | #253 | 197 | |
| 1911 | — | #279 | 88 | |
| 1910 | — | #256 | 89 | |
| 1909 | — | #260 | 73 | |
| 1908 | — | #250 | 71 | |
| 1907 | — | #237 | 75 | |
| 1906 | — | #273 | 52 | |
| 1905 | — | #236 | 69 | |
| 1904 | — | #257 | 56 | |
| 1903 | — | #225 | 65 | |
| 1902 | — | #196 | 83 | |
| 1901 | — | #215 | 63 | |
| 1900 | — | #224 | 79 | |
| 1899 | — | #219 | 59 | |
| 1898 | — | #207 | 71 | |
| 1897 | — | #186 | 82 | |
| 1896 | — | #222 | 64 | |
| 1895 | — | #208 | 68 | |
| 1894 | — | #211 | 63 | |
| 1893 | — | #191 | 76 | |
| 1892 | — | #174 | 91 | |
| 1891 | — | #194 | 64 | |
| 1890 | — | #229 | 52 | |
| 1889 | — | #211 | 60 | |
| 1888 | — | #181 | 82 | |
| 1887 | — | #163 | 77 | |
| 1886 | — | #182 | 73 | |
| 1885 | — | #230 | 51 | |
| 1884 | — | #186 | 73 | |
| 1883 | — | #185 | 63 | |
| 1882 | — | #181 | 75 | |
| 1881 | — | #187 | 61 | |
| 1880 | — | #180 | 70 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Harley was already there! It came in at #180, and was given to 70 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1886, when fewer than 76 boys a year got the name.
See more about Harley
- 62 spots since 2024 (#1,019 → #1,081)
- 300 spots since 2020 (#781 → #1,081)
- 428 spots since 2015 (#653 → #1,081)
- Biggest jump: 135 spots in 1992 (#542 → #407)
- Biggest drop: 139 spots in 2021 (#781 → #920)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1887 at #163 (77 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1880–2023
- Highest: 1 in 1,317 boys born in 1887 were named Harley (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,583 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 13.7% of all boys named Harley (5,578) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1993, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 685 | #163 (1887) | #189 |
| 1890s | 690 | #174 (1892) | #204 |
| 1900s | 686 | #196 (1902) | #237 |
| 1910s | 3,161 | #229 (1915) | #249 |
| 1920s | 4,867 | #242 (1921) | #255 |
| 1930s | 3,781 | #259 (1931) | #281 |
| 1940s | 3,215 | #300 (1940) | #349 |
| 1950s | 2,343 | #413 (1950) | #483 |
| 1960s | 1,382 | #598 (1960) | #657 |
| 1970s | 1,677 | #538 (1978) | #647 |
| 1980s | 2,309 | #508 (1980) | #585 |
| 1990s | 5,578 | #322 (1994) | #425 |
| 2000s | 5,114 | #417 (2003) | #499 |
| 2010s | 3,778 | #563 (2010) | #663 |
| 2020s | 1,439 | #781 (2020) | #952 |
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.
Harley in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 100,915 of them was named Harley, which outranked 64.6% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,347Yoana18
- #4,347Zabrina18
- #4,347Zoila18
- #4,539Harley17
- #4,539Adelia17
- #4,539Adrina17
- #4,539Albert17
- #4,724Adi16
- #4,724Adriel16
- #4,724Aeisha16
Tied with 184 names at #4,539; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 9,072 of them was named Harley, which outranked 92.0% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).