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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 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 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 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 | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
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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 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Missouri#244 · 1 in 999
- Idaho#270 · 1 in 902
- Kentucky#277 · 1 in 1,118
- Mississippi#279 · 1 in 993
- Arkansas#330 · 1 in 1,248
Best ever in a state: #157 in Montana, 2005.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | #244 | 26 | 1 in 999 |
| Idaho | #270 | 7 | 1 in 902 |
| Kentucky | #277 | 16 | 1 in 1,118 |
| Mississippi | #279 | 11 | 1 in 993 |
| Arkansas | #330 | 9 | 1 in 1,248 |
| West Virginia | #335 | 5 | 1 in 1,173 |
| Utah | #373 | 11 | 1 in 1,550 |
| Alabama | #423 | 11 | 1 in 1,743 |
| Louisiana | #455 | 11 | 1 in 1,808 |
| Indiana | #464 | 15 | 1 in 2,007 |
| Ohio | #485 | 23 | 1 in 2,251 |
| Pennsylvania | #506 | 21 | 1 in 2,435 |
| New Jersey | #518 | 14 | 1 in 2,569 |
| Arizona | #549 | 12 | 1 in 2,506 |
| Michigan | #553 | 15 | 1 in 2,751 |
| Iowa | #572 | 5 | 1 in 2,491 |
| Kansas | #587 | 5 | 1 in 2,399 |
| California | #601 | 61 | 1 in 3,209 |
| Wisconsin | #606 | 8 | 1 in 2,823 |
| South Carolina | #651 | 6 | 1 in 2,959 |
| Texas | #652 | 47 | 1 in 3,402 |
| Oregon | #663 | 5 | 1 in 2,899 |
| North Carolina | #680 | 13 | 1 in 3,491 |
| Tennessee | #688 | 9 | 1 in 3,400 |
| Minnesota | #689 | 7 | 1 in 3,417 |
| Oklahoma | #720 | 5 | 1 in 3,149 |
| Colorado | #778 | 6 | 1 in 3,771 |
| Maryland | #788 | 6 | 1 in 3,879 |
| Georgia | #822 | 11 | 1 in 4,284 |
| New York | #890 | 18 | 1 in 4,889 |
| Florida | #917 | 16 | 1 in 5,372 |
| Washington | #946 | 6 | 1 in 5,178 |
| Illinois | #1,250 | 7 | 1 in 7,935 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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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
- 69 spots since 2024 (#978 → #1,047)
- 302 spots since 2020 (#745 → #1,047)
- 205 spots since 2015 (#842 → #1,047)
- Biggest jump: 203 spots in 2016 (#842 → #639)
- Biggest drop: 93 spots in 2019 (#631 → #724)
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 2017 at #621 (483 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 2012–2024
- 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%)
- 42.5% of all girls named Harlee (3,410) were born in this decade
- 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.
Harlee in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 3,574 of them was named Harlee, which outranked 96.6% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #617Melina486
- #619Anahi485
- #619Leyla485
- #621Harlee483
- #621Jaliyah483
- #623Wynter477
- #624Saige476
- #625Alessia473
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 154,246 of them was named Harlee, which outranked 53.1% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,338Zyheir13
- #6,338Zymeir13
- #6,338Zymier13
- #6,685Harlee12
- #6,685Aanav12
- #6,685Aaro12
- #6,685Abdalrahman12
- #7,095Aaban11
- #7,095Aalijah11
- #7,095Aashrith11
Tied with 409 names at #6,685; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.