Harolyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Harolyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 577 babies named Harolyn between 1933 and 1979, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Harolyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1945, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Harolyn performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 173 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Harolyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Harolyn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Harolyn 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 577 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.