Harles — boys' name
221 babies named Harles in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Harles was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Harles in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Harles
The Social Security Administration has registered 221 babies named Harles between 1917 and 1988, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harles currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Harles performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Harles shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Harles 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 221 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.
Harles at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Harles popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1917
- Peak year (1921)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 72 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
221 total births across 72 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 15 births in a single year.
Harles by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 54 births that decade — 24% of Harles's all-time total
Harles decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Harles's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
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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, 1917–1988 (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.