Harland
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAR-lund
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,035 for boys
Harland is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “hare land”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 2,035th for boys in the US (73 babies).
What does Harland mean?
English: surname from a place name
“hare land”
Harland Sanders, the 'Colonel' who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken, was a famous bearer.
Is Harland a girl's or a boy's name?
Harland is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 73 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Harland in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 80% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Harland, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Harland in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Harland in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Harland in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,035th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 73 about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 73 boys in the US were named Harland, making it the 2,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 1922, with 156 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.
2025 had more boys named Harland than any year since 1940.
Half of all the boys named Harland in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
Harland in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | #2,035 |
| 2024 | 51 | #2,595 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 57 | #2,437 |
| 2021 | 50 | #2,587 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,393 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 49 | #2,550 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 22 | #1,983 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,927 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 23 | #1,861 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,057 |
| 1969 | 26 | #1,604 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,477 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 24 | #1,579 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,719 |
| 1964 | 24 | #1,614 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,254 |
| 1962 | 33 | #1,366 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,302 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,319 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,198 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,320 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,317 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,156 |
| 1955 | 45 | #1,104 |
| 1954 | 42 | #1,150 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,213 |
| 1952 | 48 | #1,043 |
| 1951 | 55 | #942 |
| 1950 | 41 | #1,104 |
| 1949 | 60 | #884 |
| 1948 | 71 | #801 |
| 1947 | 65 | #860 |
| 1946 | 58 | #862 |
| 1945 | 65 | #761 |
| 1944 | 46 | #949 |
| 1943 | 68 | #797 |
| 1942 | 68 | #780 |
| 1941 | 61 | #807 |
| 1940 | 73 | #711 |
| 1939 | 66 | #738 |
| 1938 | 98 | #597 |
| 1937 | 83 | #650 |
| 1936 | 70 | #714 |
| 1935 | 79 | #670 |
| 1934 | 87 | #642 |
| 1933 | 95 | #597 |
| 1932 | 108 | #570 |
| 1931 | 104 | #576 |
| 1930 | 104 | #591 |
| 1929 | 116 | #547 |
| 1928 | 129 | #533 |
| 1927 | 133 | #531 |
| 1926 | 111 | #597 |
| 1925 | 134 | #531 |
| 1924 | 152 | #506 |
| 1923 | 140 | #513 |
| 1922 | 156 | #497 |
| 1921 | 152 | #500 |
| 1920 | 134 | #526 |
| 1919 | 106 | #584 |
| 1918 | 155 | #474 |
| 1917 | 125 | #514 |
| 1916 | 115 | #534 |
| 1915 | 114 | #520 |
| 1914 | 79 | #562 |
| 1913 | 61 | #552 |
| 1912 | 45 | #608 |
| 1911 | 25 | #605 |
| 1910 | 15 | #782 |
| 1909 | 14 | #756 |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 10 | #865 |
| 1906 | 10 | #798 |
| 1905 | 22 | #477 |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 8 | #846 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 10 | #683 |
| 1900 | 13 | #698 |
| 1899 | 8 | #786 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 10 | #685 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
Names like Harland
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harris, Stanley, Henry, Wilfred, Chester, Arthur, Leo, Archie, Louie, Alfred, Otis, Edward
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Harland: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harland, updated 20 October 2026.