Harlon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAR-lun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Harlon is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “hare land”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Harlon mean?
English: spelling of Harlan, a place-name surname
“hare land”
Is Harlon a girl's or a boy's name?
Harlon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Harlon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Harlon, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1939, with 44 boys. It first appears in the records in 1910.
Half of all the boys named Harlon in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 1967, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 575 boys in the US were given Harlon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #521, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.
Harlon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,855 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,875 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 24 | #1,619 |
| 1958 | 28 | #1,482 |
| 1957 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,764 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,381 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,454 |
| 1952 | 21 | #1,664 |
| 1951 | 22 | #1,597 |
| 1950 | 22 | #1,571 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,500 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,486 |
| 1947 | 38 | #1,175 |
| 1946 | 34 | #1,195 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,851 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,437 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,155 |
| 1942 | 32 | #1,228 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,107 |
| 1939 | 44 | #942 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,030 |
| 1937 | 37 | #1,056 |
| 1936 | 39 | #1,010 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,354 |
| 1934 | 33 | #1,150 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,251 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,236 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,299 |
| 1929 | 34 | #1,195 |
| 1928 | 31 | #1,293 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,561 |
| 1926 | 34 | #1,242 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,534 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,414 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,643 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,644 |
| 1921 | 33 | #1,267 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,416 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,766 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,593 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,706 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,256 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,267 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
Names like Harlon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Warren, Franklin, Winston, Hollis, Wilson, Leon, Harvey, Nelson, Leland, Alton, Arden, Henry
Other spellings of Harlon
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Harlon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harlon, updated 20 October 2026.