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Unnamed BabySSA national name archive · 1880–2025

Harlan

Recorded for both sexesBaby Boomer

2025 rank

#617

up +49 places

2025 births

454

up +42 births

All-time births

26,481

2% of them in 2025

More common than

98%

of all archived spellings recorded for boys, by lifetime births for that sex
Peak year
1924
519 births
Best rank
#253
in 1924
First recorded
1880
#707 that year
Last recorded
2025
still in the data
Average birth year
1958
weighted by recorded births
Years recorded
146 of 146
unbroken

Top five years

  1. 1924519#253Peak
  2. 1925470#263
  3. 2025454#617
  4. 1932437#259
  5. 1928435#272

Rank over time

Inverted scale — nearer the top is more popular. Unrecorded years are left blank, not drawn as zero.

Best rank #253 in 1924 · peak births 519 in 1924

Boys and girls

Births per year for each sex, on one shared scale. The girls' series is dashed.

● 98% boys■ 2% girls

26,481 boys · 499 girls, all time

Births by decade

Where the name's whole run sits, with the best and worst rank it held in each decade

Trajectory by decade

Where Harlan has ranked, decade by decade

The band spans each decade's best and worst rank; the line follows its best.