Harley-Jay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAR-lee-JAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Harley-Jay is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “hare clearing + Jay”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Harley-Jay mean?
Modern: combination of Harley and Jay
“hare clearing + Jay”
Is Harley-Jay a girl's or a boy's name?
Harley-Jay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Harley-Jay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 76% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Harley-Jay, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 26 boys.
Half of all the boys named Harley-Jay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Harley-Jay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,479 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,362 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,170 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,324 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,308 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,290 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,199 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,338 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,508 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
Names like Harley-Jay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Henry, Zachary, Harrison, Stanley, Harley, Bobby, Elijah, Hudson, Gabriel, Noah, Hunter, Isaac
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Harley-Jay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harley-jay, updated 20 October 2026.