Harlin — #4566 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Harlin

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,855 babies named Harlin between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Harlin currently holds the #4566 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 45 babies received it in a single year. Harlin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 113 additional births since 1999.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Harlin performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 332 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Harlin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Harlin in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Harlin 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 1,855 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.