Harlee
- #1,047 for girls in 2025, 237 births
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #7,765
- Given to girls 94.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2017 · 483 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,023since 1950
Harlee over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,047 | 237 | — | |
| 2024 | #978 | 265 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #916 | 290 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #869 | 319 | #6,147 | 14 |
| 2021 | #780 | 363 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | #745 | 366 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #724 | 391 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #631 | 473 | #7,136 | 11 |
| 2017 | #621 | 483 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #639 | 464 | #5,124 | 18 |
| 2015 | #842 | 333 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #898 | 302 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #947 | 267 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #956 | 266 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #1,127 | 217 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #1,143 | 214 | #5,047 | 18 |
| 2009 | #1,159 | 217 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | #1,167 | 219 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #1,217 | 205 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #1,222 | 197 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #1,096 | 217 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #1,180 | 190 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #1,257 | 166 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #1,228 | 163 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #1,403 | 135 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #1,255 | 156 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #1,298 | 140 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #1,443 | 118 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #1,514 | 107 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,539 | 103 | #4,022 | 16 |
| 1995 | #1,492 | 106 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #1,304 | 130 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #1,815 | 80 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #2,220 | 60 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #3,722 | 28 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | — | |
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| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
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| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
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| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
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| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
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| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
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| 1934 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
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| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,772 | 10 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1950
The first year at least five girls were named Harlee! It came in at #4,738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1951–1988, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Harlee is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Idaho#308 · 1 in 1,023
- Mississippi#514 · 1 in 1,780
- Arkansas#555 · 1 in 2,119
- Alabama#574 · 1 in 2,290
- Utah#605 · 1 in 2,846
Best ever in a state: #157 in Montana, 2005.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #308 | 7 | 1 in 1,023 |
| Mississippi | #514 | 5 | 1 in 1,780 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 | 1 in 2,119 |
| Alabama | #574 | 8 | 1 in 2,290 |
| Utah | #605 | 6 | 1 in 2,846 |
| Wisconsin | #612 | 7 | 1 in 2,894 |
| Tennessee | #645 | 11 | 1 in 2,916 |
| Kentucky | #653 | 6 | 1 in 2,875 |
| Louisiana | #677 | 6 | 1 in 2,728 |
| Georgia | #710 | 14 | 1 in 3,229 |
| Indiana | #815 | 7 | 1 in 3,987 |
| Massachusetts | #873 | 5 | 1 in 4,806 |
| Washington | #915 | 6 | 1 in 4,810 |
| Arizona | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 5,644 |
| Michigan | #1,061 | 6 | 1 in 5,955 |
| California | #1,085 | 24 | 1 in 6,739 |
| Ohio | #1,134 | 7 | 1 in 6,753 |
| North Carolina | #1,138 | 7 | 1 in 6,640 |
| Florida | #1,170 | 12 | 1 in 7,230 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 6 | 1 in 7,781 |
| Texas | #1,314 | 19 | 1 in 8,450 |
| Illinois | #1,405 | 5 | 1 in 8,866 |
| New York | #1,654 | 7 | 1 in 11,190 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Harlee
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 302 spots since 2020 (#745 → #1,047)
- Biggest jump: 203 spots in 2016
- Biggest drop: 93 spots in 2019
Rise & fade · girls
67 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 2017 at #621 (483 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 2012–2024
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,574
- Highest: 1 in 3,574 girls born in 2017 were named Harlee (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,782 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 42.5% of all girls named Harlee (3,410) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1989
- Mostly boys until 1988, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6 | #4,738 (1950) | #4,738 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 15 | #7,449 (1989) | #8,983 |
| 1990s | 887 | #1,298 (1999) | #2,218 |
| 2000s | 1,865 | #1,096 (2005) | #1,218 |
| 2010s | 3,410 | #621 (2017) | #853 |
| 2020s | 1,840 | #745 (2020) | #889 |
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.
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