Meaning not yet researched.
Harlan: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 454 in 2025. Its best rank was #253 in 1924.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #253 in 1924; #617 in 2025. About 93% of babies named Harlan in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#617 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1924, at #253.
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Harlan: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 454 boys in 2025. Peak: #253 in 1924 · most boys in one year: 519 (1924).
In 2025, 454 US boys were named Harlan, making it the 617th most common boys’ name of the year, up 49 places from #666 in 2024. That is 42 more than the 412 boys named Harlan in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #253, reached in 1924. That year also had the most boys given the name: 519. For comparison, it was #822 in 2015 and #408 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Harlan in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 8 babies with the name. In all, 26,980 US babies have been given the name, 1.8% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 4,184 babies named Harlan.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,610 US boys were named Harlan; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 454. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,762 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Harlan ranked highest in Kentucky in 2025, at #207 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Harlen (3,520 babies since 1880), Harlyn (2,265 babies since 1880), Harleen (1,480 babies since 1880) and Harlynn (1,310 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Harlin, Harlon and Harlene are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Harlin (1,992), Harlon (1,858), Harlene (1,124), Harlean (184), Harline (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Harlan in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 19 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 27 | #207 | #394 |
| Minnesota | 23 | #270 | #598 |
| Iowa | 10 | #356 | #476 |
| Idaho | 6 | #395 | — |
| Missouri | 16 | #403 | #690 |
| Tennessee | 19 | #418 | #567 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #461 | — |
| Colorado | 12 | #483 | #841 |
| Alabama | 10 | #493 | — |
| Wisconsin | 10 | #498 | #708 |
| Ohio | 20 | #523 | #870 |
| Virginia | 14 | #535 | #930 |
| North Carolina | 18 | #549 | #535 |
| Georgia | 19 | #549 | #945 |
| Indiana | 12 | #560 | #463 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | #589 | #880 |
| Michigan | 13 | #611 | — |
| Kansas | 5 | #627 | — |
| South Carolina | 7 | #629 | — |
| Utah | 6 | #650 | — |
| Oregon | 5 | #651 | #436 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #652 | — |
| Washington | 10 | #658 | #613 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #705 | #740 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #729 | — |
| Maryland | 6 | #747 | #741 |
| California | 34 | #761 | #1,231 |
| Florida | 19 | #786 | #927 |
| Arizona | 7 | #803 | #823 |
| New York | 16 | #860 | #1,704 |
| Illinois | 9 | #893 | #926 |
| Texas | 28 | #902 | #888 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #4,015 | 454 | #617 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,536 | 412 | #666 |
| 2023 | 50 | #3,243 | 418 | #654 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,790 | 357 | #728 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,637 | 433 | #638 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,390 | 368 | #692 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,861 | 278 | #818 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,373 | 319 | #744 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,251 | 297 | #788 |
| 2016 | 27 | #5,047 | 274 | #829 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,335 | 275 | #822 |
| 2014 | 21 | #6,074 | 224 | #942 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,334 | 252 | #846 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,585 | 178 | #1,067 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,934 | 160 | #1,134 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,317 | 157 | #1,169 |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,221 | 142 | #1,253 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,948 | 125 | #1,368 |
| 2007 | — | — | 89 | #1,705 |
| 2006 | — | — | 88 | #1,632 |
| 2005 | 5 | #17,416 | 69 | #1,860 |
| 2004 | — | — | 58 | #2,061 |
| 2003 | — | — | 68 | #1,771 |
| 2002 | — | — | 66 | #1,751 |
| 2001 | — | — | 63 | #1,784 |
| 2000 | — | — | 82 | #1,491 |
| 1999 | — | — | 59 | #1,738 |
| 1998 | — | — | 75 | #1,483 |
| 1997 | — | — | 53 | #1,800 |
| 1996 | — | — | 51 | #1,793 |
| 1995 | — | — | 77 | #1,343 |
| 1994 | — | — | 76 | #1,341 |
| 1993 | — | — | 63 | #1,479 |
| 1992 | — | — | 65 | #1,421 |
| 1991 | — | — | 75 | #1,300 |
| 1990 | — | — | 89 | #1,151 |
| 1989 | — | — | 57 | #1,464 |
| 1988 | — | — | 67 | #1,251 |
| 1987 | — | — | 68 | #1,165 |
| 1986 | — | — | 65 | #1,177 |
| 1985 | — | — | 72 | #1,100 |
| 1984 | — | — | 64 | #1,137 |
| 1983 | — | — | 68 | #1,085 |
| 1982 | — | — | 92 | #937 |
| 1981 | — | — | 95 | #925 |
| 1980 | — | — | 85 | #976 |
| 1979 | — | — | 89 | #930 |
| 1978 | — | — | 77 | #985 |
| 1977 | — | — | 82 | #945 |
| 1976 | — | — | 94 | #862 |
| 1975 | — | — | 94 | #859 |
| 1974 | — | — | 72 | #965 |
| 1973 | — | — | 93 | #826 |
| 1972 | — | — | 115 | #738 |
| 1971 | — | — | 110 | #776 |
| 1970 | — | — | 139 | #706 |
| 1969 | — | — | 121 | #711 |
| 1968 | — | — | 141 | #639 |
| 1967 | — | — | 152 | #608 |
| 1966 | — | — | 146 | #616 |
| 1965 | — | — | 168 | #587 |
| 1964 | — | — | 194 | #569 |
| 1963 | — | — | 204 | #555 |
| 1962 | — | — | 237 | #513 |
| 1961 | — | — | 227 | #526 |
| 1960 | — | — | 234 | #518 |
| 1959 | — | — | 217 | #535 |
| 1958 | — | — | 245 | #497 |
| 1957 | — | — | 269 | #475 |
| 1956 | — | — | 253 | #477 |
| 1955 | — | — | 299 | #422 |
| 1954 | — | — | 272 | #441 |
| 1953 | — | — | 274 | #425 |
| 1952 | — | — | 317 | #386 |
| 1951 | — | — | 301 | #389 |
| 1950 | — | — | 273 | #408 |
| 1949 | — | — | 315 | #379 |
| 1948 | — | — | 320 | #381 |
| 1947 | — | — | 335 | #375 |
| 1946 | — | — | 335 | #354 |
| 1945 | — | — | 322 | #333 |
| 1944 | — | — | 281 | #357 |
| 1943 | — | — | 352 | #326 |
| 1942 | — | — | 356 | #321 |
| 1941 | — | — | 352 | #309 |
| 1940 | — | — | 301 | #330 |
| 1939 | — | — | 349 | #299 |
| 1938 | — | — | 379 | #283 |
| 1937 | — | — | 332 | #296 |
| 1936 | — | — | 400 | #269 |
| 1935 | — | — | 388 | #275 |
| 1934 | — | — | 393 | #273 |
| 1933 | — | — | 365 | #276 |
| 1932 | — | — | 437 | #259 |
| 1931 | — | — | 423 | #266 |
| 1930 | — | — | 425 | #275 |
| 1929 | — | — | 354 | #296 |
| 1928 | — | — | 435 | #272 |
| 1927 | — | — | 427 | #273 |
| 1926 | — | — | 407 | #282 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,191 | 470 | #263 |
| 1924 | — | — | 519 | #253 |
| 1923 | — | — | 432 | #270 |
| 1922 | — | — | 387 | #284 |
| 1921 | — | — | 415 | #273 |
| 1920 | — | — | 331 | #319 |
| 1919 | — | — | 307 | #317 |
| 1918 | — | — | 321 | #315 |
| 1917 | — | — | 268 | #332 |
| 1916 | — | — | 294 | #304 |
| 1915 | — | — | 266 | #320 |
| 1914 | — | — | 211 | #312 |
| 1913 | — | — | 140 | #349 |
| 1912 | — | — | 101 | #382 |
| 1911 | — | — | 63 | #345 |
| 1910 | — | — | 41 | #426 |
| 1909 | — | — | 33 | #441 |
| 1908 | — | — | 31 | #431 |
| 1907 | — | — | 35 | #382 |
| 1906 | — | — | 24 | #458 |
| 1905 | — | — | 25 | #437 |
| 1904 | — | — | 31 | #363 |
| 1903 | — | — | 16 | #560 |
| 1902 | — | — | 24 | #418 |
| 1901 | — | — | 20 | #429 |
| 1900 | — | — | 19 | #567 |
| 1899 | — | — | 21 | #407 |
| 1898 | — | — | 11 | #681 |
| 1897 | — | — | 21 | #417 |
| 1896 | — | — | 12 | #653 |
| 1895 | — | — | 12 | #621 |
| 1894 | — | — | 17 | #489 |
| 1893 | — | — | 10 | #675 |
| 1892 | — | — | 12 | #617 |
| 1891 | — | — | 8 | #730 |
| 1890 | — | — | 13 | #547 |
| 1889 | — | — | 14 | #510 |
| 1888 | — | — | 14 | #538 |
| 1887 | — | — | 8 | #711 |
| 1886 | — | — | 12 | #559 |
| 1885 | — | — | 10 | #618 |
| 1884 | — | — | 14 | #513 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #958 |
| 1882 | — | — | 8 | #726 |
| 1881 | — | — | 13 | #492 |
| 1880 | — | — | 8 | #707 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).