Harlem

maleStatistical record

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

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

Harlem: Recorded since 2000, it reached #1,273 in 2020, and it stood at #1,859 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#1273highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2010–2021

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2010	#5707
2013	#5742
2020	#5493
2021	#5581

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2000–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

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 recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #1273 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 2000–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1859 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Harlem appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 2000, and has registered 281 births with the name.

Harlem 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.

Harlem'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	#3036 (2000)	#1273 (2020)	#1859 (2024)	22 of 25	281 (2000–2024)	20 (2020)
England and Wales · Girls	#5707 (2010)	#5493 (2020)	#5581 (2021)	4 of 12	12 (2010–2021)	3 (2010)

Harlem 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 Harlem in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	56	7 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	148	10 of 10	15
2020s	77	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Harlem appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1273 in England and Wales in 2020.

Harlem'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	#1859	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1516	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1273	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1455	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1398	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1570	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1522	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1568	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	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.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2000 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,273, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 2 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 →
21 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#1,859position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
20births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 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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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.

Arturo · #1273, 23y
Auden · #1272, 18y
Ridley · #1270, 25y
Zaeem · #1270, 25y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Auden · #1272, 18y
Alijah · #1268, 18y
Anakin · #1268, 24y
Ziah · #1268, 18y

Harlem 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 Harlem without appearing here.

Harlem moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #5119.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2578 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2087 and #4052.
Arne Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3036 and #2501 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2174 and #3849.
Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2276 and #2276 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1568 and #3227.

Moved ahead of Harlem

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #1363.
Aksel Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1516 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1534 and #1224.
Rune Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #1799.

Moved the opposite way to Harlem

Brent Compare
Between 2000 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Harlem went from #3036 to #1534 while Brent went from #848 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 2000 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Harlem went from #3036 to #1534 while Ole went from #3036 to #4789.
Brooke Compare
Between 2000 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Harlem went from #3036 to #1273 while Brooke went from #1425 to #4608.
Kim Compare
Between 2000 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Harlem went from #3036 to #1586 while Kim went from #2142 to #4747.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1273 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Harlem

Harlem at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Harlem across 2 official records

Harlem by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Harlem appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Harlem and the names beside it

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Harlem at a glance

Harlem across 2 official records

Harlem by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Harlem appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Harlem and the names beside it

Harlem moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Harlem

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