Harlem**
#1,696 most common boys' name of all time · #4,116 across all names · 66% male / 34% female · used 1975–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,696
Rank overall
#4,116 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
26 of 146
All-time
5,182
Since 2016
3,581
Peak year
2023 #913
Best rank
#906 2020
Girls
Boys
peak 409/yr
Harlem first appears in 1975. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 147 | 236 | 383 | #971 |
| 2024 | 177 | 220 | 397 | #1,017 |
| 2023 | 155 | 254 | 409 | #913 |
| 2022 | 129 | 237 | 366 | #958 |
| 2021 | 141 | 240 | 381 | #946 |
| 2020 | 158 | 248 | 406 | #906 |
| 2019 | 133 | 242 | 375 | #911 |
| 2018 | 100 | 210 | 310 | #990 |
| 2017 | 101 | 176 | 277 | #1,105 |
| 2016 | 93 | 184 | 277 | #1,076 |
| 2015 | 90 | 203 | 293 | #1,009 |
| 2014 | 70 | 199 | 269 | #1,023 |
| 2013 | 55 | 160 | 215 | #1,140 |
| 2012 | 43 | 95 | 138 | #1,633 |
| 2011 | 28 | 88 | 116 | #1,698 |
| 2010 | 31 | 103 | 134 | #1,557 |
| 2009 | 40 | 86 | 126 | #1,769 |
| 2008 | 17 | 71 | 88 | #1,992 |
| 2007 | 14 | 51 | 65 | #2,491 |
| 2006 | 7 | 53 | 60 | #2,362 |
| 2005 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,145 |
| 2004 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #4,332 |
| 2003 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #6,440 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,782 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #10,848 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,196 |