Harley**
#400 most common boys' name of all time · #876 across all names · 57% male / 43% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#400
Rank overall
#876 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
71,872
Since 2016
13,984
Peak year
2017 #647
Best rank
#165 1887
Girls
Boys
peak 1,933/yr
Harley is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 748 | 199 | 947 | #1,081 |
| 2024 | 797 | 219 | 1,016 | #1,019 |
| 2023 | 891 | 221 | 1,112 | #997 |
| 2022 | 981 | 253 | 1,234 | #913 |
| 2021 | 1,046 | 247 | 1,293 | #920 |
| 2020 | 1,115 | 300 | 1,415 | #781 |
| 2019 | 1,221 | 286 | 1,507 | #803 |
| 2018 | 1,415 | 300 | 1,715 | #772 |
| 2017 | 1,532 | 401 | 1,933 | #647 |
| 2016 | 1,433 | 379 | 1,812 | #674 |
| 2015 | 1,136 | 395 | 1,531 | #653 |
| 2014 | 949 | 411 | 1,360 | #639 |
| 2013 | 878 | 403 | 1,281 | #616 |
| 2012 | 760 | 384 | 1,144 | #632 |
| 2011 | 716 | 370 | 1,086 | #632 |
| 2010 | 717 | 449 | 1,166 | #564 |
| 2009 | 764 | 465 | 1,229 | #568 |
| 2008 | 781 | 422 | 1,203 | #595 |
| 2007 | 669 | 419 | 1,088 | #600 |
| 2006 | 836 | 498 | 1,334 | #518 |
| 2005 | 842 | 487 | 1,329 | #505 |
| 2004 | 876 | 560 | 1,436 | #461 |
| 2003 | 997 | 615 | 1,612 | #417 |
| 2002 | 871 | 581 | 1,452 | #428 |
| 2001 | 820 | 529 | 1,349 | #458 |
| 2000 | 756 | 538 | 1,294 | #444 |
| 1999 | 754 | 498 | 1,252 | #460 |
| 1998 | 825 | 541 | 1,366 | #429 |
| 1997 | 700 | 566 | 1,266 | #408 |
| 1996 | 730 | 605 | 1,335 | #388 |
| 1995 | 752 | 652 | 1,404 | #366 |
| 1994 | 858 | 789 | 1,647 | #322 |
| 1993 | 718 | 728 | 1,446 | #342 |
| 1992 | 456 | 557 | 1,013 | #407 |
| 1991 | 316 | 350 | 666 | #542 |
| 1990 | 157 | 292 | 449 | #589 |
| 1989 | 81 | 269 | 350 | #594 |
| 1988 | 36 | 228 | 264 | #626 |
| 1987 | 14 | 189 | 203 | #665 |
| 1986 | 17 | 203 | 220 | #628 |
| 1985 | 16 | 226 | 242 | #582 |
| 1984 | 15 | 209 | 224 | #585 |
| 1983 | 12 | 213 | 225 | #579 |
| 1982 | 12 | 247 | 259 | #547 |
| 1981 | 10 | 244 | 254 | #536 |
| 1980 | 10 | 281 | 291 | #508 |
| 1979 | 8 | 244 | 252 | #546 |
| 1978 | 7 | 237 | 244 | #538 |
| 1977 | 7 | 189 | 196 | #610 |
| 1976 | — | 169 | 169 | #631 |
| 1975 | 8 | 141 | 149 | #700 |
| 1974 | — | 169 | 169 | #619 |
| 1973 | — | 130 | 130 | #704 |
| 1972 | 5 | 135 | 140 | #688 |
| 1971 | 6 | 134 | 140 | #715 |
| 1970 | 6 | 129 | 135 | #724 |
| 1969 | — | 113 | 113 | #736 |
| 1968 | 5 | 123 | 128 | #679 |
| 1967 | — | 125 | 125 | #669 |
| 1966 | — | 140 | 140 | #627 |
| 1965 | — | 123 | 123 | #668 |
| 1964 | — | 147 | 147 | #643 |
| 1963 | — | 134 | 134 | #677 |
| 1962 | — | 138 | 138 | #662 |
| 1961 | — | 167 | 167 | #615 |
| 1960 | — | 172 | 172 | #598 |
| 1959 | — | 177 | 177 | #587 |
| 1958 | — | 177 | 177 | #582 |
| 1957 | — | 234 | 234 | #508 |
| 1956 | — | 237 | 237 | #492 |
| 1955 | — | 225 | 225 | #489 |
| 1954 | — | 243 | 243 | #468 |
| 1953 | 5 | 256 | 261 | #448 |
| 1952 | 5 | 272 | 277 | #419 |
| 1951 | — | 257 | 257 | #425 |
| 1950 | — | 265 | 265 | #413 |
| 1949 | — | 303 | 303 | #385 |
| 1948 | — | 295 | 295 | #395 |
| 1947 | — | 336 | 336 | #374 |
| 1946 | — | 318 | 318 | #366 |
| 1945 | — | 308 | 308 | #342 |
| 1944 | — | 309 | 309 | #340 |
| 1943 | — | 355 | 355 | #325 |
| 1942 | — | 319 | 319 | #341 |
| 1941 | — | 326 | 326 | #326 |
| 1940 | — | 346 | 346 | #300 |
| 1939 | 7 | 333 | 340 | #305 |
| 1938 | 7 | 350 | 357 | #292 |
| 1937 | — | 363 | 363 | #284 |
| 1936 | — | 354 | 354 | #287 |
| 1935 | — | 364 | 364 | #284 |
| 1934 | — | 375 | 375 | #277 |
| 1933 | 6 | 352 | 358 | #280 |
| 1932 | 8 | 396 | 404 | #275 |
| 1931 | — | 440 | 440 | #259 |
| 1930 | 6 | 454 | 460 | #264 |
| 1929 | — | 427 | 427 | #269 |
| 1928 | — | 484 | 484 | #254 |
| 1927 | 6 | 456 | 462 | #267 |
| 1926 | — | 492 | 492 | #253 |
| 1925 | 8 | 462 | 470 | #264 |
| 1924 | 9 | 522 | 531 | #252 |
| 1923 | — | 478 | 478 | #257 |
| 1922 | — | 525 | 525 | #247 |
| 1921 | — | 537 | 537 | #242 |
| 1920 | — | 484 | 484 | #250 |
| 1919 | 6 | 452 | 458 | #249 |
| 1918 | — | 491 | 491 | #240 |
| 1917 | — | 430 | 430 | #244 |
| 1916 | 6 | 454 | 460 | #234 |
| 1915 | — | 434 | 434 | #230 |
| 1914 | — | 322 | 322 | #235 |
| 1913 | — | 204 | 204 | #269 |
| 1912 | — | 197 | 197 | #253 |
| 1911 | — | 88 | 88 | #279 |
| 1910 | — | 89 | 89 | #256 |
| 1909 | — | 73 | 73 | #261 |
| 1908 | — | 71 | 71 | #251 |
| 1907 | — | 75 | 75 | #237 |
| 1906 | — | 52 | 52 | #274 |
| 1905 | — | 69 | 69 | #236 |
| 1904 | — | 56 | 56 | #257 |
| 1903 | — | 65 | 65 | #226 |
| 1902 | — | 83 | 83 | #196 |
| 1901 | — | 63 | 63 | #215 |
| 1900 | — | 79 | 79 | #224 |
| 1899 | — | 59 | 59 | #220 |
| 1898 | — | 71 | 71 | #207 |
| 1897 | — | 82 | 82 | #190 |
| 1896 | — | 64 | 64 | #222 |
| 1895 | — | 68 | 68 | #209 |
| 1894 | — | 63 | 63 | #212 |
| 1893 | — | 76 | 76 | #191 |
| 1892 | — | 91 | 91 | #174 |
| 1891 | — | 64 | 64 | #196 |
| 1890 | — | 52 | 52 | #229 |
| 1889 | — | 60 | 60 | #212 |
| 1888 | — | 82 | 82 | #183 |
| 1887 | — | 77 | 77 | #165 |
| 1886 | — | 73 | 73 | #184 |
| 1885 | — | 51 | 51 | #231 |
| 1884 | — | 73 | 73 | #187 |
| 1883 | — | 63 | 63 | #187 |
| 1882 | — | 75 | 75 | #181 |
| 1881 | — | 61 | 61 | #187 |
| 1880 | — | 70 | 70 | #181 |