Unisex name · since 1991
Harly
Harly has 175 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,181 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 175
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
175 girls have been named Harly since 1991, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Harly has 175 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2021.
- #21,181 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 175 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harly ranks #21,181 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 175 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,181 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 175
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Harly's 175 recorded births place it above 70.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Harly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Harly's full recorded timeline at 2004, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Harly popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2021
- Peak year (2004)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Harly popularity over time - boys
28 total births recorded since 1929 (Harly as boys' name)
Harly by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (82 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Harly's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Harly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
57 births
- 2000s
2000s
82 births
- 2010s 31
2010s
31 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 82 births (47% of all-time use).
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What to do with Harly's data
- Harly's decade-level peak was the 2000s (82 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Harly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Harly draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.