Harlene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Harlene

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,119 babies named Harlene between 1915 and 2020, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Harlene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 81 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Harlene performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 422 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Harlene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 93 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Harlene in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Harlene 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 1,119 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.