How rare is the name Harlow?

7,566 people in the United States have the first name Harlow, about 1 in 39,920. It ranks #2,969 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

HARLOW

#2,969

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,566
About
1 in 39,920
This common or more
81.3%
Who bears it

Of the 7,566 people named Harlow, 75.8% reported their origin as White, 11.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.4% as two or more races. 88.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Harlow peaked in 2023, when 1,455 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
1,455
In 2025*
1,148 ▼21%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 16,655 babies have been given the name since 1882. 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.

Harlow by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #523. The largest share of babies named Harlow, 79.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,08028
1890s#2,33641
1900s#2,99936
1910s#2,208274
1920s#2,513329
1930s#2,344325
1940s#3,168225
1950s#4,992133
1960s#8,96751
1970s#15,34527
1980s#29,8365
1990s#33,61310
2000s#4,986559
2010s#8807,018
2020s#5237,594
Before 19010.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.5%
Silent Generation 1928–453.1%
Baby boom 1946–641.5%
Generation X 1965–800.3%
Millennials 1981–960.1%
Generation Z 1997–1211.7%
2013 and later79.4%

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 Harlow is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Harlow has been most common in Nevada (3.8×), Oregon (2.8×), and Arizona (2.5×), and least common in Mississippi (0.24×).

14,063 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 Harlow

1 other first name also has 7,566 people.

#2,969 Nettie · 7,566

Either side of Harlow

#2,967 Quang · 7,571#2,967 Stacia · 7,571#2,969 Nettie · 7,566#2,971 Patricio · 7,562

Spelled almost the same

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

#20,273 Harlowe · 511#24,063 Harlo · 403

Also a last name

As a last name, Harlow ranks #3,126 of 156,621, with 11,238 people. See Harlow as a last name

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