Harlon

Where Harlon comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Harlon.

Harlon through the years
  1. 1910
    First appearance
    #1,421 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1924
    Harlon Block born
    United States Marine
  3. 1932
    Harlon Hill born
    American football player
  4. 1939
    Peak, #942
    44 babies named Harlon, the most in any year.
  5. 1944
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,438.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Harlon Block · United States Marine, 1924–1945
  • Harlon Hill · American football player, 1932–2013

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.