Harlin
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- HAR-lin
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Harlin is a name of English origin, meaning “hare land”. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Harlin mean?
English: spelling of Harlan, a place-name surname
“hare land”
Is Harlin a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Harlin has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US.
How popular is Harlin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Harlin, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 45 boys. It first appears in the records in 1886.
Half of all the boys named Harlin in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 575 boys in the US were given Harlin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #521, up from #4,248 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 16% of the babies named Harlin in the US in 2016, and 35% in 2024.
Harlin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,269 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1961 | 14 | #2,241 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,110 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,018 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,167 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,724 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1951 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,878 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,500 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,486 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,335 |
| 1946 | 21 | #1,556 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,851 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,576 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,799 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,187 |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,251 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,323 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,199 |
| 1937 | 32 | #1,168 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,243 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,295 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,251 |
| 1932 | 31 | #1,216 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,194 |
| 1930 | 40 | #1,093 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,413 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,095 |
| 1927 | 37 | #1,178 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,466 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,304 |
| 1924 | 45 | #1,058 |
| 1923 | 37 | #1,177 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,196 |
| 1921 | 40 | #1,122 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 30 | #1,297 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,445 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,692 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,304 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,599 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,221 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,267 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
Names like Harlin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Franklin Hollis Warren Leland Leon Hardin Wilson Henry Winston Arden Harvey Leo
Other spellings of Harlin
Names related to Harlin
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Harlin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harlin, updated 20 October 2026.