Unisex name · since 1950
Harlee
Harlee has 8,023 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,907 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,048 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,023
- born since 1950
- 2010s
- peak decade
Harlee currently ranks #1048 among unisex names in America, with 8,023 babies recorded since 1950.
Harlee has 8,023 recorded births among girls since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1048 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2025.
- #1,907 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,048 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 8,023 born since 1950
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harlee ranks #1,907 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,048 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 8,023 born since 1950, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,907 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,048 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,023
- born since 1950
- 2010s
- peak decade
Harlee's 8,023 recorded births place it above 97.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
40 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Harlee compares
8,023 Top 11% higher than 89% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Harlee's all-time total is 21x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Harlee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,023 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 483 | 21 | 19,840 |
Harlee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Harlee's full recorded timeline at 2006, 76% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 24% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 483 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Harlee popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 483
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Harlee popularity over time - boys
479 total births recorded since 1915 (Harlee as boys' name)
Harlee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (3,410 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Harlee's strongest decade.
3,410 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Harlee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
- 1990s 887
1990s
887 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,865 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,410 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,840 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 3,410 births (43% of all-time use).
How Harlee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Harlee's total volume
Harlee by state
Where Harlee concentrates geographically, total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 760 | 9.5% |
| #2 | California | | 594 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 343 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 323 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 303 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Florida | | 301 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Utah | | 245 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 243 | 3.0% |
760 of 8,023 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Harlee appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Harlee's data
- Harlee's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (3,410 total births) through the 2020s (1,840) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Harlees (760 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Harlee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~75 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1950–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Harlee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.