Harlea — girls' name
121 babies named Harlea in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Harlea was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Harlea in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Harlea
The Social Security Administration has registered 121 babies named Harlea between 1994 and 2018, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Harlea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Harlea performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Harlea shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Harlea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Harlea 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 121 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.
Harlea at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Harlea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1994
- Peak year (1994)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
121 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 13 births in a single year.
Harlea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 45 births that decade — 37% of Harlea's all-time total
Harlea decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Harlea's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Harlea by state
Where Harlea concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 4.1% |
5 of 121 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.