Harlan — #666 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Harlan

The Social Security Administration has registered 26,026 babies named Harlan between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harlan currently holds the #666 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 519 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Harlan performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 4,177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Harlan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 1,714 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Harlan in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Harlan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 26,026 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.