Harlin
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #8,443 · #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
Given to boys 94.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,879since 1886
Harlin 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 | — | #4,249 | 24 | |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 | #4,571 | 22 |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | #4,220 | 25 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #4,442 | 23 |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 | #4,628 | 21 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #5,699 | 15 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #4,806 | 20 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #4,226 | 24 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | #4,224 | 24 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #3,441 | 32 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #4,890 | 19 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #4,866 | 19 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | — | #6,306 | 13 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,433 | 16 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,251 | 17 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,035 | 25 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,767 | 15 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,173 | 9 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,427 | 10 | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | #9,948 | 6 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #5,521 | 9 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,546 | 11 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,858 | 9 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,242 | 14 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,111 | 15 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,818 | 9 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,019 | 16 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,168 | 14 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,725 | 20 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,449 | 11 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,287 | 12 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,856 | 17 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,725 | 19 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,879 | 16 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,501 | 24 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,487 | 24 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,336 | 30 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,557 | 21 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,852 | 14 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,235 | 29 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,577 | 20 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,799 | 16 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,187 | 31 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,251 | 29 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,323 | 25 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,199 | 30 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,168 | 32 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,243 | 28 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,295 | 27 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,189 | 31 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,251 | 28 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,216 | 31 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,194 | 33 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,093 | 40 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,413 | 26 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,095 | 41 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,178 | 37 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,466 | 25 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,304 | 31 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,058 | 45 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,177 | 37 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,196 | 36 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,122 | 40 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,231 | 14 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,297 | 30 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,446 | 25 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,304 | 27 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,600 | 19 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,221 | 23 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,803 | 10 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,268 | 14 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
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| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Harlin! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Harlin is popular in 1937
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arkansas#351 · 1 in 3,511
Best ever in a state: #302 in Arkansas, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #351 | 5 | 1 in 3,511 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Harlin
- 322 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #4,249)
- 1,450 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #4,249)
- 641 spots since 2015 (#4,890 → #4,249)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1886 at #959 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1886
- Highest: 1 in 22,157 boys born in 1886 were named Harlin (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 17.7% of all boys named Harlin (332) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2000, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #959 (1886) | #959 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,205 (1904) | #1,275 |
| 1910s | 167 | #1,221 (1914) | #1,454 |
| 1920s | 332 | #1,058 (1924) | #1,324 |
| 1930s | 305 | #1,093 (1930) | #1,217 |
| 1940s | 238 | #1,187 (1941) | #1,478 |
| 1950s | 149 | #1,725 (1955) | #2,104 |
| 1960s | 104 | #2,035 (1962) | #2,780 |
| 1970s | 56 | #2,558 (1971) | #4,275 |
| 1980s | 40 | #4,052 (1985) | #5,849 |
| 1990s | 53 | #5,501 (1995) | #6,668 |
| 2000s | 88 | #4,035 (2009) | #7,477 |
| 2010s | 202 | #3,441 (2016) | #4,842 |
| 2020s | 130 | #4,220 (2023) | #4,635 |
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.
Harlin in 1937
Top boys' names in 1937
More about 1937
boys
1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 33,333 of them was named Harlin, which outranked 70.9% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,148Sylvan33
- #1,148Thornton33
- #1,148Turner33
- #1,168Harlin32
- #1,168Casey32
- #1,168Duaine32
- #1,168Hilario32
- #1,180Abram31
- #1,180Alonza31
- #1,180Ashley31
Tied with 11 names at #1,168; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.