Harlen

maleStatistical record

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

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

Harlen: Recorded since 2004, it reached #657 in 2018, and it stood at #1,025 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#657highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3009
2006	#2870
2007	#2435
2009	#2837
2010	#4678
2011	#2390
2012	#1229
2013	#1706
2014	#1721
2015	#1586
2016	#801
2017	#661
2018	#657
2019	#825
2020	#1051
2021	#805
2022	#862
2023	#965
2024	#1025

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

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 19 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3009 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #657 among boys in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1025 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Harlen 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 Harlen in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	22	4 of 10	6
2010s	256	10 of 10	26
2020sbusiest	162	5 of 10	32

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 32 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2015 and 2016, when recorded births rose by 25, from 15 to 40.

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

Harlen 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 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #657 in England and Wales in 2018.

Harlen'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	#1025	29	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#965	31	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#862	36	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#805	40	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#825	37	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#657	53	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#661	53	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#801	40	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1229	21	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	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 2004 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #657, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 53 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,025position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
53births registered in its largest year, 201750 to 99 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.

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A comparable record

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

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Harlen was ranked #657 in England and Wales · Boys in 2018. 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.

Harlen 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 Harlen without appearing here.

Harlen moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4678 and #3865 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1229 and #4805.
Robyn Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4678 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1706 and #4685.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1706 and #4685.
Brooke Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4678 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2390 and #4647.

Moved the opposite way to Harlen

Aaron Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harlen went from #3009 to #1025 while Aaron went from #41 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harlen went from #3009 to #1025 while Adam went from #24 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harlen went from #3009 to #1025 while Alan went from #275 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harlen went from #3009 to #1025 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Harlen

Albie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harlen went from #3009 to #1025 and Albie from #408 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harlen went from #3009 to #1025 and Alfred from #171 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harlen went from #3009 to #1025 and Archie from #45 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Harlen went from #3009 to #1025 and Arlo from #875 to #15.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #657 in England and Wales in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Harlen

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Harlen at a glance

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