Harlen — #2281 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Harlen

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,345 babies named Harlen between 1907 and 2024, spanning 118 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harlen currently holds the #2281 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1936, when 65 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Harlen performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 517 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Harlen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 88 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and West Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Harlen in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Harlen 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 3,345 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.