Harland
Harland was given to 73 boys in 2025, #2,045 among boys’ names; 5,837 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,060 Americans named Harland and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (35% of everyone recorded); the median is 48 years old and half are between 11 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Harland by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Harland?
#2,045 among boys’ names, 2025
Harland rose from #3,543 in 2015 to #2,045 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 16.2 to 42.7 per million.
156 babies in 1922, the peak
Harland peaked in 1922, when 156 boys were given it, #497 among boys’ names. The 73 births of 2025 are 47% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | #2,045 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 51 | #2,611 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,818 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 57 | #2,450 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 50 | #2,596 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,295 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,402 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,016 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,265 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 49 | #2,566 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (139)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 31 | #3,543 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,719 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,894 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,327 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,734 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,154 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,907 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,188 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 18 | #5,078 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,158 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,361 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,266 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,997 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,905 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,221 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,710 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,780 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,491 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 12 | #5,071 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,468 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,900 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,608 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,888 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 11 | #5,002 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,708 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,497 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,506 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,257 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,587 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,969 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,666 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,698 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,487 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,179 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,952 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,321 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,432 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,718 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,594 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,870 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,087 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 22 | #2,013 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,947 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,367 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 23 | #1,885 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,086 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 26 | #1,618 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,487 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,187 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 24 | #1,598 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,746 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 24 | #1,630 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,262 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 33 | #1,377 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,306 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,327 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,203 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,326 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,326 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,160 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 45 | #1,108 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 42 | #1,156 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,221 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 48 | #1,048 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 55 | #944 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 41 | #1,111 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 60 | #891 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 71 | #805 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 65 | #863 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 58 | #864 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 65 | #764 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 46 | #956 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 68 | #798 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 68 | #782 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 61 | #808 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 73 | #712 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 66 | #739 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 98 | #598 | 0.09 |
| 1937 | 83 | #652 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 70 | #717 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 79 | #673 | 0.08 |
| 1934 | 87 | #645 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 95 | #597 | 0.10 |
| 1932 | 108 | #571 | 0.10 |
| 1931 | 104 | #576 | 0.10 |
| 1930 | 104 | #596 | 0.09 |
| 1929 | 116 | #548 | 0.11 |
| 1928 | 129 | #536 | 0.12 |
| 1927 | 133 | #531 | 0.12 |
| 1926 | 111 | #599 | 0.10 |
| 1925 | 134 | #532 | 0.12 |
| 1924 | 152 | #506 | 0.13 |
| 1923 | 140 | #513 | 0.13 |
| 1922 | 156 | #497 | 0.14 |
| 1921 | 152 | #501 | 0.14 |
| 1920 | 134 | #529 | 0.13 |
| 1919 | 106 | #585 | 0.11 |
| 1918 | 155 | #476 | 0.15 |
| 1917 | 125 | #517 | 0.14 |
| 1916 | 115 | #536 | 0.13 |
| 1915 | 114 | #521 | 0.13 |
| 1914 | 79 | #565 | 0.12 |
| 1913 | 61 | #556 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 45 | #619 | 0.10 |
| 1911 | 25 | #617 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 15 | #800 | 0.08 |
| 1909 | 14 | #779 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 9 | #983 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 10 | #899 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 10 | #819 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 22 | #483 | 0.17 |
| 1904 | 9 | #838 | 0.07 |
| 1903 | 8 | #869 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 10 | #703 | 0.09 |
| 1900 | 13 | #710 | 0.09 |
| 1899 | 8 | #816 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,057 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,133 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,165 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 10 | #716 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,153 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 8 | #791 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,144 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,025 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,066 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 6 | #923 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,024 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 6 | #833 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 7 | #792 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Harland a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Harland has been given almost only to boys: 24 girls in 139 years of records.
Girls and boys named Harland: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Harland, and how old are they?
2,060 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 35% of the 5,837 Americans ever recorded as Harland. The median Harland alive today is 48 years old; half are between 11 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 2,116 people named Harland (40 women and girls, 2,076 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,110 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 248 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 539 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 271 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 197 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 212 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 594 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Harland born?
The states with the most babies named Harland are Wisconsin, Minnesota and New York, with 46% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Wisconsin and Minnesota are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 475 | not ranked | 3.5× |
| Minnesota | 328 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| New York | 175 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Michigan | 153 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 134 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 128 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Maine | 118 | not ranked | 3.1× |
| California | 93 | #1,632 | 0.3× |
| Iowa | 92 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 68 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Harland is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Harland is most over-represented in Wisconsin: since 1910 it was given 3.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Harland with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Harland
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Harland and names like it
- Compare Harland and ElwinBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sHarland peaked in 1922.
- Wisconsin’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Harland since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Harland.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Harland alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with HMost given first.