Harleen — #4897 US girls' name
1,452 babies named Harleen in U.S. Social Security records since 1937, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 72% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Harleen was born in this single decade.
119 babies were named Harleen in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Harleen
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,452 babies named Harleen between 1937 and 2024, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Harleen currently holds the #4897 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 119 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Harleen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 705 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Harleen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 482 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Harleen in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Harleen 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 1,452 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.
Harleen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Harleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1937
- Peak year (2016)
- 119
- Annual births at peak — across 88 years of records
Currently ranks #4897 among girls.
1,452 total births across 88 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 119 births in a single year.
Harleen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 705 births that decade — 49% of Harleen's all-time total
Harleen decade highlights
- Peak decade 705 births
- Runner-up 317 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Harleen's strongest decade
705 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Harleen by state
Where Harleen concentrates geographically — total births since 1937
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 482 | 33.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 78 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 76 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 16 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 12 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Washington | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 6 | 0.4% |
482 of 1,452 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 33.2% of nationwide
- New York 5.4% of nationwide
- Texas 5.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.1% of nationwide
- Arizona 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 33.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Harleen appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1937–2024 (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.