Harlan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Harlan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Harlan: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #529, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#529highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1998	#1485
1999	#2943
2000	#3036
2001	#2220
2002	#2254
2003	#1771
2004	#1732
2005	#2174
2006	#1016
2007	#1201
2008	#1085
2009	#1568
2010	#1201
2011	#1209
2012	#901
2013	#821
2014	#866
2015	#656
2016	#712
2017	#531
2018	#897
2019	#894
2020	#627
2021	#577
2022	#561
2023	#614
2024	#529

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #529 among boys in England and Wales, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #529 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #529 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Harlan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 833 births with the name.

Harlan across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Harlan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#529 (2024)	#529 (2024)	28 of 29	833 (1996–2024)	73 (2017)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#615 (2015)	#615 (2015)	#785 (2024)	3 of 10	10 (2015–2024)	4 (2015)

Harlan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Harlan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	115	10 of 10	12
2010s	385	10 of 10	39
2020sbusiest	319	5 of 10	64

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 64 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2017 and 2018, when recorded births fell by 40, from 73 to 33.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Harlan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #529 in England and Wales in 2024.

Harlan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#529	73	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#614	58	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#561	67	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#577	66	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#627	55	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#894	33	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#897	33	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#531	73	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#712	48	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#656	52	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#866	34	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#821	37	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#901	33	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1209	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1201	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1568	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1085	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1201	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1016	22	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #529, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 73 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2015, and 19 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Harjot · #1322, 29y
Harkirat · #1821, 23y
Harland · #2007, 20y
Harlee · #281, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Bob · #529, 25y
Guilherme · #529, 24y
Caira · #528, 24y
Pheobe · #528, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Bob · #529, 25y
Devyn · #529, 16y
Guilherme · #529, 24y
Caira · #528, 24y

Harlan was ranked #529 in England and Wales · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Harlan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Harlan without appearing here.

Harlan moved ahead of

Conan Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1568 and #1568 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1201 and #3332.
Henrik Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1568 and #1494 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1201 and #3332.
Leif Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1568 and #1568 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1209 and #3300.
Rune Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2943 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1732 and #3651.

Moved the opposite way to Harlan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harlan went from #2863 to #529 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harlan went from #2863 to #529 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harlan went from #2863 to #529 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harlan went from #2863 to #529 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Harlan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harlan went from #2863 to #529 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harlan went from #2863 to #529 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harlan went from #2863 to #529 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harlan went from #2863 to #529 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #529 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Harlan

Harlan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Harlan across 2 official records

Harlan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Harlan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Harlan

Harlan and the names beside it

Harlan moved ahead of

Moved the opposite way to Harlan

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Harlan at a glance

Harlan across 2 official records

Harlan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Harlan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Harlan

Harlan and the names beside it

Harlan moved ahead of

Moved the opposite way to Harlan

Moved the same way as Harlan