Harlow

Where Harlow comes from

From Old English hær (“rock”) or here (“army”) + hlæw (“hill”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Harlow
  • From a surname
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1885
    Harlow Shapley born
    American astronomer
  2. 1908
    Harlow Rothert born
    American shot putter
  3. 2002
    First appearance
    #13,595 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2002
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 2021
    Peak, #237
    1,278 babies named Harlow — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Harlow Shapley · American astronomer, 1885–1972
  • Harlow Rothert · American shot putter, 1908–1997
  • Harlow N. Higinbotham · American businessperson, 1838–1919

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.