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Harland: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 73 in 2025. Its best rank was #476 in 1918.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #476 in 1918; #2,045 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Harland in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,045 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1918, at #476.
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Harland: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 73 boys in 2025. Peak: #476 in 1918 · most boys in one year: 156 (1922).
In 2025, 73 US boys were named Harland, making it the 2,045th most common boys’ name of the year, up 566 places from #2,611 in 2024. That is 22 more than the 51 boys named Harland in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #476, reached in 1918. The most boys given the name in a single year was 156, in 1922. For comparison, it was #3,544 in 2015 and #1,112 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Harland in 139 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 7 babies. In all, 5,837 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,357 babies named Harland.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 489 US boys were named Harland; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 73. In 2025 that was about 1 in 23,398 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Harland ranked highest in Missouri in 2025, at #912 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 5 | #912 | — |
| California | 10 | #1,632 | — |
| Texas | 5 | #2,713 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 73 | #2,045 |
| 2024 | — | — | 51 | #2,611 |
| 2023 | — | — | 45 | #2,819 |
| 2022 | 5 | #16,199 | 57 | #2,451 |
| 2021 | — | — | 50 | #2,597 |
| 2020 | — | — | 34 | #3,297 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,340 | 56 | #2,403 |
| 2018 | — | — | 39 | #3,018 |
| 2017 | — | — | 35 | #3,267 |
| 2016 | 8 | #12,170 | 49 | #2,567 |
| 2015 | — | — | 31 | #3,544 |
| 2014 | — | — | 28 | #3,722 |
| 2013 | — | — | 26 | #3,896 |
| 2012 | — | — | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2011 | — | — | 12 | #6,741 |
| 2010 | — | — | 24 | #4,155 |
| 2009 | — | — | 15 | #5,911 |
| 2008 | — | — | 14 | #6,193 |
| 2007 | — | — | 18 | #5,081 |
| 2006 | — | — | 17 | #5,162 |
| 2005 | — | — | 12 | #6,367 |
| 2004 | — | — | 12 | #6,272 |
| 2003 | — | — | 12 | #6,004 |
| 2002 | — | — | 8 | #7,912 |
| 2001 | — | — | 14 | #5,228 |
| 2000 | — | — | 8 | #7,718 |
| 1999 | — | — | 11 | #5,786 |
| 1998 | — | — | 9 | #6,498 |
| 1997 | — | — | 12 | #5,077 |
| 1996 | — | — | 14 | #4,474 |
| 1995 | — | — | 12 | #4,906 |
| 1994 | — | — | 10 | #5,614 |
| 1993 | — | — | 16 | #3,894 |
| 1992 | — | — | 11 | #5,009 |
| 1991 | — | — | 16 | #3,715 |
| 1990 | — | — | 6 | #7,505 |
| 1989 | — | — | 16 | #3,512 |
| 1988 | — | — | 16 | #3,262 |
| 1987 | — | — | 21 | #2,591 |
| 1986 | — | — | 11 | #3,973 |
| 1985 | — | — | 12 | #3,669 |
| 1984 | — | — | 5 | #6,702 |
| 1983 | — | — | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1982 | — | — | 14 | #3,180 |
| 1981 | — | — | 15 | #2,954 |
| 1980 | — | — | 13 | #3,322 |
| 1979 | — | — | 12 | #3,433 |
| 1978 | — | — | 16 | #2,719 |
| 1977 | — | — | 17 | #2,595 |
| 1976 | — | — | 14 | #2,871 |
| 1975 | — | — | 22 | #2,088 |
| 1974 | — | — | 22 | #2,013 |
| 1973 | — | — | 22 | #1,948 |
| 1972 | — | — | 16 | #2,367 |
| 1971 | — | — | 23 | #1,886 |
| 1970 | — | — | 19 | #2,087 |
| 1969 | — | — | 26 | #1,619 |
| 1968 | — | — | 28 | #1,488 |
| 1967 | — | — | 14 | #2,188 |
| 1966 | — | — | 24 | #1,599 |
| 1965 | — | — | 21 | #1,747 |
| 1964 | — | — | 24 | #1,631 |
| 1963 | — | — | 38 | #1,263 |
| 1962 | — | — | 33 | #1,378 |
| 1961 | — | — | 37 | #1,307 |
| 1960 | — | — | 36 | #1,328 |
| 1959 | — | — | 42 | #1,204 |
| 1958 | — | — | 34 | #1,327 |
| 1957 | — | — | 35 | #1,327 |
| 1956 | — | — | 43 | #1,161 |
| 1955 | — | — | 45 | #1,109 |
| 1954 | — | — | 42 | #1,157 |
| 1953 | — | — | 38 | #1,222 |
| 1952 | — | — | 48 | #1,049 |
| 1951 | — | — | 55 | #945 |
| 1950 | — | — | 41 | #1,112 |
| 1949 | — | — | 60 | #892 |
| 1948 | — | — | 71 | #806 |
| 1947 | — | — | 65 | #864 |
| 1946 | — | — | 58 | #864 |
| 1945 | — | — | 65 | #764 |
| 1944 | — | — | 46 | #956 |
| 1943 | — | — | 68 | #798 |
| 1942 | — | — | 68 | #782 |
| 1941 | — | — | 61 | #808 |
| 1940 | — | — | 73 | #712 |
| 1939 | — | — | 66 | #739 |
| 1938 | — | — | 98 | #598 |
| 1937 | — | — | 83 | #652 |
| 1936 | — | — | 70 | #717 |
| 1935 | — | — | 79 | #673 |
| 1934 | — | — | 87 | #645 |
| 1933 | — | — | 95 | #597 |
| 1932 | — | — | 108 | #571 |
| 1931 | — | — | 104 | #576 |
| 1930 | — | — | 104 | #596 |
| 1929 | — | — | 116 | #548 |
| 1928 | — | — | 129 | #536 |
| 1927 | — | — | 133 | #531 |
| 1926 | — | — | 111 | #599 |
| 1925 | — | — | 134 | #532 |
| 1924 | — | — | 152 | #506 |
| 1923 | — | — | 140 | #513 |
| 1922 | — | — | 156 | #497 |
| 1921 | — | — | 152 | #501 |
| 1920 | — | — | 134 | #529 |
| 1919 | — | — | 106 | #585 |
| 1918 | — | — | 155 | #476 |
| 1917 | — | — | 125 | #517 |
| 1916 | — | — | 115 | #536 |
| 1915 | — | — | 114 | #521 |
| 1914 | — | — | 79 | #565 |
| 1913 | — | — | 61 | #556 |
| 1912 | — | — | 45 | #619 |
| 1911 | — | — | 25 | #617 |
| 1910 | — | — | 15 | #800 |
| 1909 | — | — | 14 | #779 |
| 1908 | — | — | 9 | #983 |
| 1907 | — | — | 10 | #900 |
| 1906 | — | — | 10 | #819 |
| 1905 | — | — | 22 | #483 |
| 1904 | — | — | 9 | #838 |
| 1903 | — | — | 8 | #869 |
| 1901 | — | — | 10 | #703 |
| 1900 | — | — | 13 | #711 |
| 1899 | — | — | 8 | #816 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,058 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,134 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,166 |
| 1895 | — | — | 10 | #716 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,154 |
| 1893 | — | — | 8 | #791 |
| 1892 | — | — | 5 | #1,145 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,026 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,066 |
| 1889 | — | — | 6 | #923 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,024 |
| 1883 | — | — | 6 | #834 |
| 1882 | — | — | 7 | #792 |
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).