Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Harlan

Gender

Male

Origin

English
From the hares land

Pronunciation

ha(r)-lan

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1924 (rank #253, 518 births); most recent 2025 (rank #617, 454 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #3221, 50 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3975, 36 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202545436
202441144
202341850
202235740
202143342
202036831
201927821
201831924
201729734
201627427

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #474, 82 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202582
202473
202358
202267
202166
202055
201933
201833
201773
201648

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #2983, 7 births); most recent 2022 (rank #4262, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
20224
20216
2020–
2019–
2018–
20175
20167
20153
20145

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2015 (rank #615, 4 births); most recent 2024 (rank #748, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
20243
20233
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #590, 4 births); most recent 2025 (rank #762, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
20253
2024–
2023–
20224
2021–
20204
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #437, 8 births); most recent 2022 (rank #627, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
20225
2021–
20205
20195
20188
2017–
20165
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence