Unisex name · since 2023
Hartlen
Since 2023, U.S. Social Security records show 68 babies named Hartlen, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,016 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,184 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 68
- born since 2023
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Hartlen is the #7184 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 68 recorded since 2023.
Social Security Administration records show Hartlen recorded 68 times among boys since 2023, holding rank #7184 nationally today, ahead of 48% of boys, 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 2023 to 2025.
- #20,016 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,184 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 68 born since 2023
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hartlen ranks #20,016 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,184 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 68 born since 2023, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,016 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,184 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 68
- born since 2023
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hartlen's 68 recorded births place it above 55.85% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Hartlen compares
68 20th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Hartlen's all-time total is 82% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hartlen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 68 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 49 | 34 | 22,252 |
Hartlen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hartlen's full recorded timeline at 2024, 90% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 10% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2023, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 49 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hartlen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Hartlen popularity over time - girls
8 total births recorded since 2024 (Hartlen as girls' name)
Hartlen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (68 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Hartlen's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Hartlen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
68 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 68 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hartlen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~2 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, 2023–2025 (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 Hartlen 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.