Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Harlen

#2,207 most common boys' name of all time · #5,303 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1907–2025

Rank among boys
#2,207
Rank overall
#5,303 of 105,966
First appeared
1907
Years on the list
118 of 146
All-time
3,520
Since 2016
684
Peak year
2023 #2,224
Best rank
#754 1936
Girls Boys peak 80/yr
192019401960198020002020

Harlen first appears in 1907. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 11 59 70 #2,337
2024 7 62 69 #2,291
2023 16 64 80 #2,224
2022 16 59 75 #2,385
2021 9 59 68 #2,323
2020 11 50 61 #2,549
2019 7 60 67 #2,295
2018 9 53 62 #2,448
2017 7 61 68 #2,189
2016 8 56 64 #2,342
2015 5 60 65 #2,239
2014 9 44 53 #2,713
2013 — 39 39 #2,905
2012 — 43 43 #2,780
2011 — 51 51 #2,443
2010 — 42 42 #2,832
2009 — 39 39 #3,000
2008 — 33 33 #3,356
2007 — 20 20 #4,654
2006 — 22 22 #4,244
2005 — 19 19 #4,484
2004 — 15 15 #5,274
2003 — 17 17 #4,636
2002 — 7 7 #8,528
2001 — 14 14 #5,162
2000 — 10 10 #6,363
1999 — 10 10 #6,095
1998 — 13 13 #4,906
1997 — 9 9 #6,157
1996 — 8 8 #6,548
1995 — 8 8 #6,459
1994 — 17 17 #3,775
1993 — 12 12 #4,734
1992 — 13 13 #4,354
1991 — 8 8 #6,000
1990 — 12 12 #4,445
1989 — 10 10 #4,865
1988 — 7 7 #5,832
1987 — 13 13 #3,558
1986 — 7 7 #5,417
1985 — 5 5 #6,645
1984 — 9 9 #4,271
1983 — 12 12 #3,460
1982 — 7 7 #5,091
1981 — 11 11 #3,649
1980 — 16 16 #2,865
1979 — 18 18 #2,590
1978 — 10 10 #3,661
1977 — 17 17 #2,595
1976 — 6 6 #5,048
1975 — 9 9 #3,718
1974 — 9 9 #3,627
1973 — 9 9 #3,498
1972 — 11 11 #3,041
1971 — 9 9 #3,444
1970 — 14 14 #2,538
1969 — 22 22 #1,784
1968 — 20 20 #1,811
1967 — 17 17 #1,938
1966 — 18 18 #1,847
1965 — 17 17 #1,954
1964 — 19 19 #1,871
1963 — 18 18 #1,937
1962 — 21 21 #1,786
1961 — 23 23 #1,708
1960 — 22 22 #1,750
1959 — 24 24 #1,643
1958 — 23 23 #1,663
1957 — 25 25 #1,610
1956 — 34 34 #1,329
1955 — 25 25 #1,557
1954 — 18 18 #1,865
1953 — 24 24 #1,575
1952 — 35 35 #1,259
1951 — 19 19 #1,750
1950 — 27 27 #1,424
1949 — 21 21 #1,644
1948 — 41 41 #1,124
1947 — 42 42 #1,130
1946 — 25 25 #1,428
1945 — 30 30 #1,219
1944 — 41 41 #1,035
1943 — 44 44 #1,016
1942 — 36 36 #1,158
1941 — 34 34 #1,150
1940 — 47 47 #936
1939 — 45 45 #939
1938 — 45 45 #949
1937 — 35 35 #1,112
1936 — 65 65 #754
1935 — 58 58 #820
1934 — 48 48 #916
1933 — 58 58 #820
1932 — 60 60 #827
1931 — 48 48 #956
1930 — 55 55 #905
1929 — 38 38 #1,135
1928 — 43 43 #1,076
1927 — 46 46 #1,038
1926 — 39 39 #1,157
1925 — 46 46 #1,020
1924 — 50 50 #1,001
1923 — 45 45 #1,073
1922 — 51 51 #997
1921 — 43 43 #1,085
1920 — 40 40 #1,132
1919 — 39 39 #1,118
1918 — 37 37 #1,150
1917 — 29 29 #1,287
1916 — 41 41 #1,012
1915 — 38 38 #1,052
1914 — 25 25 #1,186
1913 — 17 17 #1,301
1912 — 12 12 #1,504
1911 — 5 5 #1,905
1910 — 5 5 #1,776
1908 — 5 5 #1,548
1907 — 5 5 #1,525