Harleen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAR-leen
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,135 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Harleen is a girls' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “absorbed in God”. In 2025 it ranked 1,135th for girls in the UK (31 babies) and 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Harleen mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name
“absorbed in God”
Joins Har, a Sikh name for God, with leen, absorbed; also the real first name of DC Comics' Harley Quinn.
Is Harleen a girl's or a boy's name?
Harleen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the UK and 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Harleen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,135among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 9,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the UK were named Harleen, making it the 1,135th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 845th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 72 girls.
Half of all the girls named Harleen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,079th in England and Wales.
Harleen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #1,135 |
| 2024 | 42 | #907 |
| 2023 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2022 | 26 | #1,325 |
| 2021 | 46 | #846 |
| 2020 | 46 | #845 |
| 2019 | 41 | #942 |
| 2018 | 47 | #860 |
| 2017 | 58 | #754 |
| 2016 | 51 | #826 |
| 2015 | 52 | #799 |
| 2014 | 50 | #837 |
| 2013 | 53 | #783 |
| 2012 | 66 | #683 |
| 2011 | 72 | #617 |
| 2010 | 52 | #761 |
| 2009 | 51 | #770 |
| 2008 | 44 | #833 |
| 2007 | 41 | #848 |
| 2006 | 34 | #932 |
| 2005 | 25 | #1,077 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 25 | #1,032 |
| 2002 | 27 | #927 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,298 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Harleen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,986among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Harleen, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,659th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 119 girls. It first appears in the records in 1937.
2025 had fewer girls named Harleen than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Harleen in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Harleen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,638 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,763 |
| 2021 | 52 | #3,112 |
| 2020 | 63 | #2,659 |
| 2019 | 61 | #2,752 |
| 2018 | 93 | #2,071 |
| 2017 | 115 | #1,804 |
| 2016 | 119 | #1,743 |
| 2015 | 97 | #2,025 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,807 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,571 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,582 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,305 |
| 2009 | 44 | #3,618 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,726 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
Names like Harleen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harper Isla Freya Willow Eden Lyra Zara Maisie Myla Lily Lyla Mila
Names related to Harleen
More Punjabi names
Asees Gurbaaz Nirvair Gurfateh Jind Baani Akaal Gurnawab Jujhar Ajooni Mannat Ekam Gurniwaz Gurnaaz Gursanjh Avleen
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, “Harleen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harleen, updated 20 October 2026.