first name
HARLEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 43,968 people named Harley, 80.2% reported their origin as White, 8.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% as two or more races. 50.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Harley peaked in 2017, when 1,933 babies got the name.
At least 71,872 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Harley by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #424. The largest share of babies named Harley, 28.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Harley is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Harley has been most common in Oklahoma (2.4×), West Virginia (2.2×), and South Dakota (1.9×), and least common in Connecticut (0.16×).
63,267 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.
Either side of Harley
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Harley, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Harley ranks #3,081 of 156,621, with 11,376 people. See Harley as a last name
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