Harlyn — #1397 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Harlyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,756 babies named Harlyn between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Harlyn currently holds the #1397 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 221 babies received it in a single year. Harlyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 398 additional births since 1919.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Harlyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 995 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Harlyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 139 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Harlyn in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Harlyn 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 1,756 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.