Harlon
#6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
- Peak · boys
- 1939 · 44 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,858since 1910
Harlon over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Harlon has never cracked the top 900 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,143 | 14 |
| 2024 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #7,738 | 10 |
| 2022 | #6,147 | 14 |
| 2021 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #5,699 | 15 |
| 2019 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | #5,124 | 18 |
| 2015 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #5,733 | 15 |
| 2013 | #5,404 | 16 |
| 2012 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #1,856 | 18 |
| 1964 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1963 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1961 | #1,876 | 19 |
| 1960 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #1,620 | 24 |
| 1958 | #1,483 | 28 |
| 1957 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1956 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1955 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #1,382 | 30 |
| 1953 | #1,455 | 27 |
| 1952 | #1,665 | 21 |
| 1951 | #1,598 | 22 |
| 1950 | #1,572 | 22 |
| 1949 | #1,501 | 24 |
| 1948 | #1,487 | 24 |
| 1947 | #1,176 | 38 |
| 1946 | #1,196 | 34 |
| 1945 | #1,852 | 14 |
| 1944 | #1,438 | 22 |
| 1943 | #1,155 | 35 |
| 1942 | #1,228 | 32 |
| 1941 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1940 | #1,107 | 35 |
| 1939 | #942 | 44 |
| 1938 | #1,030 | 39 |
| 1937 | #1,056 | 37 |
| 1936 | #1,010 | 39 |
| 1935 | #1,354 | 25 |
| 1934 | #1,150 | 33 |
| 1933 | #1,251 | 28 |
| 1932 | #1,236 | 30 |
| 1931 | #1,538 | 21 |
| 1930 | #1,299 | 30 |
| 1929 | #1,195 | 34 |
| 1928 | #1,293 | 31 |
| 1927 | #1,561 | 24 |
| 1926 | #1,242 | 34 |
| 1925 | #1,534 | 24 |
| 1924 | #1,414 | 28 |
| 1923 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1922 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1921 | #1,267 | 33 |
| 1920 | #1,416 | 27 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 24 |
| 1918 | #1,767 | 19 |
| 1917 | #1,396 | 25 |
| 1916 | #1,594 | 20 |
| 1915 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1914 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #1,256 | 17 |
| 1912 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | — | |
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| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1910
The first year at least five boys were named Harlon! It came in at #1,421, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1978, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2,844 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #6,143)
- 444 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #6,143)
- 1,897 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #6,143)
- Biggest jump: 88 spots in 1939 (#1,030 → #942)
- Biggest drop: 165 spots in 1940 (#942 → #1,107)
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1939 at #942 (44 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1939
Share of babies · boys
1 in 25,156
- Highest: 1 in 25,156 boys born in 1939 were named Harlon (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
- 17.5% of all boys named Harlon (326) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 157 | #1,256 (1913) | #1,570 |
| 1920s | 279 | #1,195 (1929) | #1,421 |
| 1930s | 326 | #942 (1939) | #1,187 |
| 1940s | 282 | #1,107 (1940) | #1,351 |
| 1950s | 236 | #1,382 (1954) | #1,610 |
| 1960s | 147 | #1,856 (1965) | #2,207 |
| 1970s | 73 | #2,739 (1970) | #4,068 |
| 1980s | 47 | #4,509 (1981) | #5,280 |
| 1990s | 35 | #6,816 (1993) | #7,890 |
| 2000s | 61 | #7,831 (2003) | #9,558 |
| 2010s | 140 | #5,124 (2016) | #6,167 |
| 2020s | 75 | #5,699 (2020) | #6,791 |
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.
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