Harlow
Harlow is ranked 293rd among girls in 2024 (1,079 births). Its best rank was 237th, in 2021, 2023.
- Rank in 2024
- #293down 56 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,0790.07% of girls
- Peak year
- 20211,278 births
- Best rank
- #237first in 2021
- Since 2002
- 15,501people given the name
The story in the numbers
13,001 girls have been named Harlow in the United States since 2002, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 1,278 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2010s alone account for 52%. It has spent 16 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Harlow is used for both sexes: 16% of its bearers are boys (2,500), most of them born around 2023.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2021, its biggest year
Harlow was the 237th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2021 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Ava. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Harlow
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Brynleighpeak 2022
- Junopeak 2023
- Cattleyapeak 2024
- Liyanapeak 2024
- Marlowepeak 2024
- Emeriepeak 2024
- Cataleyapeak 2024
- Hudsynpeak 2021
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.