Harlow

#309 for girls in 2025, 981 births · #1,212 for boys in 2025, 167 births
Given to girls 84.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
2021 · 1,278 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,986
since 2002

Harlow over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #701, 1884girlsat peakboys
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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#309981#1,212167
2024#2931,083#1,243159
2023#2381,273#1,149182
2022#2631,199#1,200166
2021#2371,278#1,81586
2020#324959#2,23561
2019#3161,009#2,76645
2018#366863#2,67446
2017#390798#3,07138
2016#420786#3,23035
2015#422759#4,17924
2014#509611#3,15435
2013#546545#3,40531
2012#579507#3,29733
2011#623465#6,25613
2010#776354#4,51721
2009#904301#5,10218
2008#1,677133#7,69810
2007#5,09728
2006#7,86815#7,9989
2005#9,45211
2004#8,71612
2003#9,67110#9,5816
2002#13,5956
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995#8,8685
1994
1993
1992
1991#8,2365
1990
1989
1988#7,2705
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977#5,8455
1976#4,4187
1975
1974
1973#3,4459
1972
1971
1970#4,2306
1969#2,86110
1968
1967
1966
1965#3,9305
1964#4,0395
1963
1962#3,0418
1961#2,24214
1960#2,8719
1959#2,66310
1958#2,37012
1957#3,0248
1956#1,76520
1955#2,30212
1954#2,31612
1953#1,95816
1952#1,85617
1951#2,36711
1950#1,94115
1949#1,82017
1948#1,70319
1947#1,55523
1946#1,64219
1945#1,44521
1944#1,28227
1943#1,63619
1942#1,53721
1941#1,30026
1940#1,15633
1939#1,23828
1938#1,17131
1937#1,28827
1936#97241
1935#1,19431
1934#1,09236
1933#1,18131
1932#1,09038
1931#1,19433
1930#1,33029
1929#1,41326
1928#1,44826
1927#1,06044
1926#1,17437
1925#1,58323
1924#1,28732
1923#1,19436
1922#1,30831
1921#1,08642
1920#1,27332
1919#1,23033
1918#99645
1917#1,20332
1916#93946
1915#1,06836
1914#1,01930
1913#1,11221
1912#1,02320
1911#1,5376
1910#1,5895
1909
1908
1907
1906#9278
1905#1,0916
1904#9667
1903
1902
1901#1,0585
1900#83610
1899
1898#8857
1897
1896#1,1015
1895#8727
1894#1,0745
1893#1,0355
1892#9566
1891#8416
1890
1889
1888
1887#9215
1886
1885#9365
1884#7018
1883#8925
1882#9435
1881
1880
First appearance
2002

The first year at least five girls were named Harlow! It came in at #13,595, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2002, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

See more about Harlow
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 16 spots since 2024 (#293#309)
  • 15 spots since 2020 (#324#309)
  • 113 spots since 2015 (#422#309)
  • Biggest jump: 773 spots in 2009 (#1,677#904)
  • Biggest drop: 55 spots in 2024 (#238#293)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2002
  • Peaked 2021 at #237 (1,278 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 2009–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,260
  • Highest: 1 in 1,260 girls born in 2023 were named Harlow (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,638 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
  • Its best rank, #237 in 2021, was only 1 in 1,284 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 48.4% of all girls named Harlow (6,773) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2002
  • Mostly boys until 2001, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s516#904 (2009)#7,123
2010s6,697#316 (2019)#495
2020s6,773#237 (2021)#277

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Harlow in 2017

girls
#390
798 births · 1 in 2,163 girls
boys
#3,071
38 births · 1 in 48,709 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #390Harlow798

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #3,071Harlow38
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 2,163 of them was named Harlow, which outranked 97.9% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harlow
  1. #387Everleigh807
  2. #387Kyla807
  3. #389Braelynn806
  4. #390Harlow798
  5. #390Kayleigh798
  6. #392Dahlia797
  7. #393Annalise796
  8. #393Mikayla796

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

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 1,443Ensley#2,412#969
  2. 1,020Oaklynn#1,908#888
  3. 842Dream#1,667#825
  4. 749Oaklyn#1,425#676
  5. 717Melania#1,649#932
Fallers
  1. 263Julianne#919#1,182
  2. 243Milania#947#1,190
  3. 240Wendy#858#1,098
  4. 238Montserrat#808#1,046
  5. 224Nathaly#930#1,154

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

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 48,709 of them was named Harlow, which outranked 78.5% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harlow
  1. #3,006Yovani39
  2. #3,006Zak39
  3. #3,006Zaydan39
  4. #3,071Harlow38
  5. #3,071Aayansh38
  6. #3,071Adon38
  7. #3,071Alen38
  8. #3,123Abdias37
  9. #3,123Abdoulaye37
  10. #3,123Abir37

Tied with 51 names at #3,071; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 497Wells#1,413#916
  2. 419Kairo#1,221#802
  3. 339Caspian#1,199#860
  4. 313Colson#1,049#736
  5. 311Kace#1,183#872
Fallers
  1. 415Riaan#861#1,276
  2. 292Chevy#980#1,272
  3. 245Kylo#904#1,149
  4. 226Braeden#993#1,219
  5. 194Kamdyn#809#1,003

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

See the top 100 for 2017