Harlowe — #1687 US unisex name
879 babies named Harlowe in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Harlowe was born in this single decade.
121 babies were named Harlowe in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Harlowe
The Social Security Administration has registered 879 babies named Harlowe between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Harlowe currently holds the #1687 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 121 babies received it in a single year. Harlowe is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 51 additional births since 1916.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Harlowe performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 423 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Harlowe shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 119 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Harlowe in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Harlowe 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 879 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.
Harlowe at a glance
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Current rank
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Harlowe popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2024)
- 121
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #1687 among girls.
879 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 121 births in a single year.
Harlowe popularity over time — boys
51 total births recorded since 1916 (Harlowe as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Harlowe accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Harlowe by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 423 births that decade — 48% of Harlowe's all-time total
Harlowe decade highlights
- Peak decade 423 births
- Runner-up 418 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Harlowe's strongest decade
423 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Harlowe by state
Where Harlowe concentrates geographically — total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 119 | 13.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 54 | 6.1% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 17 | 1.9% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 15 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 13 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 12 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.7% |
119 of 879 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.5% of nationwide
- Texas 6.1% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Harlowe appears in 13 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, 2006–2024 (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.