Harlen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAR-len
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,337 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,332 for boys
Harlen is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “hare land, or boundary land”. In 2025 it ranked 1,337th for boys in the UK (22 babies) and 2,332nd for boys in the US (59 babies).
What does Harlen mean?
English: spelling of Harlan
“hare land, or boundary land”
A variant of Harlan, an English surname taken from places called Harland.
Is Harlen a girl's or a boy's name?
Harlen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the UK and 11 girls and 59 boys in the US.
How popular is Harlen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,337among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the UK were named Harlen, making it the 1,337th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,105th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 55 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Harlen than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Harlen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 115 boys in the UK were given Harlen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #409, up from #1,337 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,275th in England and Wales.
Harlen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #1,337 |
| 2024 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2023 | 32 | #1,028 |
| 2022 | 37 | #923 |
| 2021 | 40 | #868 |
| 2020 | 27 | #1,105 |
| 2019 | 39 | #859 |
| 2018 | 54 | #705 |
| 2017 | 55 | #704 |
| 2016 | 43 | #822 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 21 | #1,313 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
How popular is Harlen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,332among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 59about 1 in 29,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 59 boys in the US were named Harlen, making it the 2,332nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,545th. Its busiest year was 1936, with 65 boys. It first appears in the records in 1907. 11 girls were also named Harlen in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Harlen in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 575 boys in the US were given Harlen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #521, up from #2,332 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 16% of the babies named Harlen in the US were girls.
Harlen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,332 |
| 2024 | 62 | #2,288 |
| 2023 | 64 | #2,220 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,378 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,320 |
| 2020 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2019 | 60 | #2,291 |
| 2018 | 53 | #2,444 |
| 2017 | 61 | #2,185 |
| 2016 | 56 | #2,335 |
| 2015 | 60 | #2,234 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 43 | #2,771 |
| 2011 | 51 | #2,436 |
| 2010 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 2009 | 39 | #2,990 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 22 | #1,766 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1964 | 19 | #1,849 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,901 |
| 1962 | 21 | #1,756 |
| 1961 | 23 | #1,685 |
| 1960 | 22 | #1,727 |
| 1959 | 24 | #1,619 |
| 1958 | 23 | #1,643 |
| 1957 | 25 | #1,582 |
| 1956 | 34 | #1,316 |
| 1955 | 25 | #1,537 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,825 |
| 1953 | 24 | #1,550 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,244 |
| 1951 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,394 |
| 1949 | 21 | #1,615 |
| 1948 | 41 | #1,106 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,115 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,408 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,203 |
| 1944 | 41 | #1,018 |
| 1943 | 44 | #1,006 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,139 |
| 1941 | 34 | #1,129 |
| 1940 | 47 | #929 |
| 1939 | 45 | #931 |
| 1938 | 45 | #939 |
| 1937 | 35 | #1,094 |
| 1936 | 65 | #747 |
| 1935 | 58 | #814 |
| 1934 | 48 | #909 |
| 1933 | 58 | #812 |
| 1932 | 60 | #821 |
| 1931 | 48 | #939 |
| 1930 | 55 | #892 |
| 1929 | 38 | #1,129 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,057 |
| 1927 | 46 | #1,028 |
| 1926 | 39 | #1,144 |
| 1925 | 46 | #1,012 |
| 1924 | 50 | #993 |
| 1923 | 45 | #1,057 |
| 1922 | 51 | #991 |
| 1921 | 43 | #1,069 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,119 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,097 |
| 1918 | 37 | #1,124 |
| 1917 | 29 | #1,264 |
| 1916 | 41 | #998 |
| 1915 | 38 | #1,037 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,256 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,416 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
Names like Harlen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Harlen
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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, “Harlen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harlen, updated 20 October 2026.