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Harlo

Gender
Unisex
Say it
HAR-loh
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#1,686 for boys
US rank, 2025
#3,516 for girls

Harlo is a name of English origin, meaning “army hill”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).

What does Harlo mean?

English: spelling of Harlow

“army hill”

A respelling of Harlow, from the town in Essex.

Is Harlo a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Harlo has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 16 boys in the UK and 43 girls and 29 boys in the US.

How popular is Harlo in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,686th among boys
Babies in 2025
16 about 1 in 19,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 47% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Harlo, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 36 boys. 3 girls were also named Harlo in 2025 (5,990th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Harlo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 118 boys in the UK were given Harlo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #398, up from #1,686 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 30% of the babies named Harlo in the UK in 2013, and 16% in 2025.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.

2012Busiest: 36 in 20232025
Harlo in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202516#1,686
202417#1,585
202336#950
202229#1,092
202113#1,876
202012#1,923
201915#1,683
201820#1,362
201717#1,563
201616#1,655
20154#4,086
20145#3,529
20137#2,792
20124#4,147

How popular is Harlo in the US?

Rank in 2025
3,516th among girls
Babies in 2025
43 about 1 in 37,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 29% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Harlo, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 47 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008. 29 boys were also named Harlo in 2025 (3,756th for boys).

Half of all the girls named Harlo in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,144 girls in the US were given Harlo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #293, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 82% of the babies named Harlo in the US in 2020, and 60% in 2025.

2008Busiest: 47 in 20232025
Harlo in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202543#3,516
202426#5,018
202347#3,386
202227#4,904
202136#4,011
202031#4,356
201938#3,850
201821#5,781
201722#5,657
201618#6,660
201518#6,719
201421#5,991
201312#9,031
201216#7,452
201123#5,725
201021#6,180
200917#7,338
200810#10,802

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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, “Harlo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harlo, updated 20 October 2026.