Harland

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · #2,035 for boys in 2025, 73 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1918 · 155 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,813
since 1882

Harland over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Harland has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #474, 1918boys
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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—#2,03573
2024—#2,59551
2023—#2,80545
2022#15,3065#2,43857
2021—#2,58850
2020—#3,27434
2019#9,11211#2,39456
2018—#2,99439
2017—#3,24935
2016#11,7818#2,55149
2015—#3,51331
2014—#3,69328
2013—#3,86426
2012—#5,25617
2011—#6,57812
2010—#4,09924
2009—#5,80015
2008—#6,07014
2007—#4,99618
2006—#5,07217
2005—#6,22612
2004—#6,13812
2003—#5,87712
2002—#7,6438
2001—#5,14214
2000—#7,4168
1999—#5,65611
1998—#6,3149
1997—#4,96012
1996—#4,39614
1995—#4,79112
1994—#5,45210
1993—#3,81916
1992—#4,87211
1991—#3,63616
1990—#7,1786
1989—#3,44616
1988—#3,20316
1987—#2,55921
1986—#3,88211
1985—#3,59912
1984—#6,3155
1983—#3,41112
1982—#3,10814
1981—#2,89815
1980—#3,25613
1979—#3,35712
1978—#2,66916
1977—#2,55617
1976—#2,82614
1975—#2,06522
1974—#1,98322
1973—#1,92822
1972—#2,32316
1971—#1,86223
1970—#2,05819
1969—#1,60526
1968—#1,47828
1967—#2,13914
1966—#1,58024
1965—#1,72021
1964—#1,61524
1963—#1,25538
1962—#1,36733
1961—#1,30337
1960—#1,32036
1959—#1,19942
1958—#1,32134
1957—#1,31835
1956—#1,15743
1955—#1,10545
1954—#1,15142
1953—#1,21438
1952—#1,04448
1951—#94355
1950—#1,10541
1949—#88560
1948—#80271
1947—#86165
1946—#86258
1945—#76165
1944—#94946
1943—#79768
1942—#78068
1941—#80761
1940—#71173
1939—#73866
1938—#59798
1937—#65083
1936—#71470
1935—#67079
1934—#64287
1933—#59795
1932—#570108
1931—#576104
1930—#591104
1929—#547116
1928—#533129
1927—#531133
1926—#597111
1925—#531134
1924—#506152
1923—#513140
1922—#497156
1921—#500152
1920—#526134
1919—#584106
1918—#474155
1917—#514125
1916—#534115
1915—#520114
1914—#56279
1913—#55261
1912—#60845
1911—#60525
1910—#78215
1909—#75614
1908—#9469
1907—#86610
1906—#79810
1905—#47722
1904—#8109
1903—#8468
1902——
1901—#68310
1900—#69913
1899—#7868
1898—#1,0026
1897—#1,0575
1896—#1,1015
1895—#68510
1894—#1,0745
1893—#7688
1892—#1,0665
1891—#9635
1890—#9945
1889—#8786
1888——
1887——
1886—#9595
1885——
1884——
1883—#7996
1882—#7547
1881——
1880——
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Harland! It came in at #754, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1888, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Harland is popular in 1882

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Harland
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 560 spots since 2024 (#2,595 → #2,035)
  • 1,239 spots since 2020 (#3,274 → #2,035)
  • 1,478 spots since 2015 (#3,513 → #2,035)
  • Biggest jump: 389 spots in 1895 (#1,074 → #685)
  • Biggest drop: 416 spots in 1896 (#685 → #1,101)
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1918 at #474 (155 births)
  • Births halved by 1936, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 59 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1903–1949
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,014
  • Highest: 1 in 6,014 boys born in 1905 were named Harland (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 23,398 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #474 in 1918, was only 1 in 6,539 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 23.3% of all boys named Harland (1,357) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s24#754 (1882)#848
1890s62#685 (1895)#950
1900s105#477 (1905)#765
1910s840#474 (1918)#574
1920s1,357#497 (1922)#528
1930s894#570 (1932)#635
1940s635#711 (1940)#822
1950s423#943 (1951)#1,156
1960s281#1,255 (1963)#1,538
1970s183#1,862 (1971)#2,363
1980s135#2,559 (1987)#3,568
1990s117#3,636 (1991)#5,107
2000s130#4,996 (2007)#6,038
2010s317#2,394 (2019)#3,819
2020s310#2,035 (2025)#2,623

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

Harland in 1882

boys
#754
7 births · 1 in 16,241 boys

Top boys' names in 1882

  1. #1John9,557
  2. #2William9,298
  3. #3James5,892
  4. #4George5,193
  5. #5Charles5,091
  6. #6Frank3,176
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Thomas2,610
  9. #9Henry2,579
  10. #10Robert2,500
  11. #754Harland7
More about 1882

boys

113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 16,241 of them was named Harland, which outranked 31.4% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harland
  1. #691Willam8
  2. #691Willian8
  3. #691Wylie8
  4. #754Harland7
  5. #754Adolfo7
  6. #754Alanzo7
  7. #754Albion7
  8. #837Addie6
  9. #837Alan6
  10. #837Alberto6

Tied with 82 names at #754; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. ↑ 467Clarance#866 → #399
  2. ↑ 429Webster#866 → #437
  3. ↑ 365Neil#781 → #416
  4. ↑ 352Cliff#866 → #514
  5. ↑ 352Elmore#866 → #514
Fallers
  1. ↓ 501Verne#442 → #943
  2. ↓ 483Newell#460 → #943
  3. ↓ 456Merritt#487 → #943
  4. ↓ 440Solon#503 → #943
  5. ↓ 395Almon#442 → #837

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

See the top 100 for 1882 →