Unisex name · since 2008
Harlym
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 483 babies named Harlym, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,115 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,272 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 483
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
483 babies have been named Harlym since 2008, making it today's #2272 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Harlym recorded 483 times among girls since 2008, holding rank #2272 nationally today, ahead of 87% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #12,115 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,272 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 483 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harlym ranks #12,115 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,272 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 483 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,115 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,272 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 483
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Harlym's 483 recorded births place it above 83.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Maryland.
How Harlym compares
483 Top 46% higher than 54% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Harlym's all-time total is 28% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Harlym | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 483 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 81 | 21 | 19,840 |
Harlym's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Harlym's full recorded timeline at 2017, 78% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 22% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 81 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Harlym popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 81
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Harlym popularity over time - boys
99 total births recorded since 2010 (Harlym as boys' name)
Harlym by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (310 births, 64% of the file).
2020s was Harlym's strongest decade.
310 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Harlym births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
161 births
- 2020s
2020s
310 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 310 births (64% of all-time use).
Harlym by state
Where Harlym concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maryland | | 27 | 5.6% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 16 | 3.3% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 16 | 3.3% |
| #4 | Texas | | 16 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 12 | 2.5% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 11 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 7 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 6 | 1.2% |
27 of 483 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Harlym appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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- Maryland records the most Harlyms (27 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Maryland names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Harlym: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Harlym 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.