Harlan
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning hare land or rocky land.
Babies a year
82
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#617
up from #666
UK popularity
#474
82 babies · up from #529
How Harlan has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #822 |
| 2016 | #829 |
| 2017 | #788 |
| 2018 | #743 |
| 2019 | #816 |
| 2020 | #690 |
| 2021 | #636 |
| 2022 | #725 |
| 2023 | #653 |
| 2024 | #666 |
| 2025 | #617 |
In 2025, 82 babies in England and Wales were named Harlan. In the US, 330 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 518 in 1924.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Harlan was most common in 1925, when it went to 0.04% of American babies of that sex. Squarely vintage-revival territory.
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