Harland

maleStatistical record

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

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

Harland: Recorded since 2000, its highest recorded position is #2,007, and it stood at #2,440 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#2007highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2000–2025

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3036
2001	#3134
2002	#2636
2004	#3009
2008	#2775
2009	#4527
2010	#4678
2012	#3416
2013	#3822
2014	#2690
2015	#2707
2016	#2335
2017	#2172
2018	#3011
2019	#3411
2020	#3848
2021	#4789
2022	#2529
2023	#2007
2024	#3254
2025	#2440

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 21 of the 26 years from 2000 to 2025.

Official data for England and Wales, 2000–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #3036 among boys in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2000–2025
Highest recorded position: #2007 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 2000–2025).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #2440 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Harland 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 Harland in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	23	6 of 10	4
2010s	56	9 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	41	6 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Wales has recorded the most births with →

Harland appears in

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

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2000 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #2007 in England and Wales in 2023.

Harland'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
2025	England and Wales	male	#2440	9	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2000 and 2025, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,007, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
14 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,440position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 25 births →

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.

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Harleen · #594, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Jesiah · #2007, 18y
Lorenz · #2007, 20y
Motti · #2007, 17y
Akosua · #2006, 24y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Jesiah · #2007, 18y
Kenai · #2007, 10y
Motti · #2007, 17y
Aleeya · #2008, 20y

Harland 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 2,576 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Harland without appearing here.

Harland moved ahead of

Glenn
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #4991.
Shannon
In 2016 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2172 and #4812.
Ole
In 2021 they stood at #4789 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2529 and #4789.
Brent
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2707 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Harland

Aksel
In 2008 they stood at #2775 and #3158 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #4527 and #2837.
Rune
In 2018 they stood at #3011 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2104.

What is known about Harland

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 1 official registrar, 2000–2025.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2000 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #2007 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Harland

Harland at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Harland by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Harland appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Harland and the names beside it

Harland moved ahead of

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What is known about Harland

Harland at a glance

Harland by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Harland appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Harland and the names beside it

Harland moved ahead of

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