How rare is the name Harlee?

5,591 people in the United States have the first name Harlee, about 1 in 54,021. It ranks #3,647 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

HARLEE

#3,647

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,591
About
1 in 54,021
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,591 people named Harlee, 78.8% reported their origin as White, 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 6% as Black. 94.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Harlee peaked in 2017, when 495 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
495
In 2025*
237 ▼52%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,502 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Harlee by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,475. The largest share of babies named Harlee, 55.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#8,01122
1920s#6,77764
1930s#8,83120
1940s#8,74825
1950s#12,55611
1960s#17,2535
1980s#20,77320
1990s#2,758952
2000s#2,0771,965
2010s#1,4753,525
2020s#1,6321,893
Greatest Generation 1901–270.9%
Silent Generation 1928–450.5%
Baby boom 1946–640.4%
Millennials 1981–967%
Generation Z 1997–1236.2%
2013 and later55.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Harlee is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Harlee has been most common in Utah (4.8×), Idaho (2.7×), and Louisiana (2.2×), and least common in Illinois (0.27×).

6,182 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Harlee

1 other first name also has 5,591 people.

#3,647 Darrick · 5,591

Either side of Harlee

#3,644 Marlys · 5,598#3,647 Darrick · 5,591#3,649 Darrius · 5,590#3,650 Enedina · 5,589

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Harlee, most common first.

#980 Harley · 43,968#4,919 Harlie · 3,624#47,684 Harlea · 136

Also a last name

As a last name, Harlee ranks #78,145 of 156,621, with 264 people. See Harlee as a last name

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