Harlene
Harlene is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 755th, in 1937.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 193781 births
- Best rank
- #755in 1937
- Since 1915
- 1,119people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,119 girls have been named Harlene in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1937, with 81 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 81 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1941, and the 1930s alone account for 38%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1937, its biggest year
Harlene was the 755th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1937 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Shirley and Betty. See all of 1937.
Names that rose and fell with Harlene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Myrnapeak 1938
- Marylynpeak 1936
- Marlenepeak 1936
- Shirleypeak 1935
- Marlyspeak 1937
- Claudettepeak 1935
- Patsypeak 1941
- Patpeak 1941
Other spellings in the data
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.