Harlie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAR-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,247 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,514 for girls
Harlie is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “hare clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 1,247th for girls in the UK (27 babies) and 2,514th for girls in the US (70 babies).
What does Harlie mean?
English: spelling of Harley
“hare clearing”
A modern respelling of Harley, an English surname taken from a place name.
Is Harlie a girl's or a boy's name?
Harlie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 70 girls in the US.
How popular is Harlie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,247th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were named Harlie, making it the 1,247th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 730th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 72 girls. 3 boys were also named Harlie in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Harlie than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Harlie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 159 girls in the UK were given Harlie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #321, up from #1,247 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 72% of the babies named Harlie in the UK in 1996, and 90% in 2025.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.
Harlie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,247 |
| 2024 | 34 | #1,066 |
| 2023 | 30 | #1,178 |
| 2022 | 43 | #878 |
| 2021 | 59 | #698 |
| 2020 | 55 | #730 |
| 2019 | 60 | #703 |
| 2018 | 59 | #731 |
| 2017 | 72 | #634 |
| 2016 | 49 | #841 |
| 2015 | 29 | #1,244 |
| 2014 | 25 | #1,377 |
| 2013 | 36 | #1,065 |
| 2012 | 28 | #1,259 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,421 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,548 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,544 |
| 2006 | 23 | #1,229 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,215 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,450 |
How popular is Harlie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,514th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 70 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 70 girls in the US were named Harlie, making it the 2,514th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,654th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 173 girls. It first appears in the records in 1940.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Harlie than any year since 1992.
Half of all the girls named Harlie in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,244 girls in the US were given Harlie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #276, up from #2,514 for this spelling alone.
In 2005, 96% of the babies named Harlie in the US were girls.
Harlie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #2,514 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,462 |
| 2023 | 91 | #2,107 |
| 2022 | 112 | #1,818 |
| 2021 | 95 | #2,024 |
| 2020 | 124 | #1,654 |
| 2019 | 138 | #1,560 |
| 2018 | 149 | #1,474 |
| 2017 | 163 | #1,404 |
| 2016 | 158 | #1,456 |
| 2015 | 150 | #1,509 |
| 2014 | 141 | #1,547 |
| 2013 | 133 | #1,616 |
| 2012 | 136 | #1,591 |
| 2011 | 141 | #1,554 |
| 2010 | 130 | #1,639 |
| 2009 | 164 | #1,426 |
| 2008 | 129 | #1,717 |
| 2007 | 166 | #1,424 |
| 2006 | 165 | #1,381 |
| 2005 | 151 | #1,417 |
| 2004 | 151 | #1,379 |
| 2003 | 173 | #1,223 |
| 2002 | 123 | #1,534 |
| 2001 | 170 | #1,199 |
| 2000 | 143 | #1,323 |
| 1999 | 128 | #1,376 |
| 1998 | 115 | #1,479 |
| 1997 | 113 | #1,454 |
| 1996 | 143 | #1,223 |
| 1995 | 109 | #1,463 |
| 1994 | 144 | #1,214 |
| 1993 | 84 | #1,749 |
| 1992 | 48 | #2,571 |
| 1991 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
Names like Harlie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hallie, Harper, Willow, Gracie, Lily, Ellie, Ivy, Maisie, Amelie, Evie, Autumn, Scarlett
Other spellings of Harlie
Names related to Harlie
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River, Frankie
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, “Harlie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harlie, updated 20 October 2026.