Harlem
Harlem is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 220 births. Its best rank was 905th, in 2020.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2200.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2023254 births
- Best rank
- #905in 2020
- Since 1975
- 4,795people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,199 boys have been named Harlem in the United States since 1975, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 254 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2010s alone account for 52%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Harlem is used for both sexes: 33% of its bearers are girls (1,596), most of them born around 2024.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Harlem was the 911th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Harlem
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Beckettpeak 2024
- Hudsonpeak 2024
- Atticuspeak 2021
- Stellanpeak 2024
- Caiuspeak 2024
- Caysenpeak 2022
- Kysonpeak 2023
- Ayaanpeak 2020
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.