Harlowe
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAR-loh
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,777 for girls
Harlowe is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “army hill”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 1,777th for girls in the US (113 babies).
What does Harlowe mean?
English: spelling of Harlow, a place-name surname
“army hill”
Harlow is a town in Essex; the surname is famous from 1930s Hollywood star Jean Harlow.
Is Harlowe a girl's or a boy's name?
Harlowe is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 113 girls and 15 boys in the US.
How popular is Harlowe in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Harlowe, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Harlowe in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 178 girls in the UK were given Harlowe or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #285, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Harlowe in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
How popular is Harlowe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,777th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 113 about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 80% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 113 girls in the US were named Harlowe, making it the 1,777th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,712th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 122 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006. 15 boys were also named Harlowe in 2025 (5,859th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Harlowe in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,144 girls in the US were given Harlowe or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #293, up from #1,777 for this spelling alone.
Harlowe in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | #1,777 |
| 2024 | 122 | #1,676 |
| 2023 | 83 | #2,244 |
| 2022 | 83 | #2,253 |
| 2021 | 75 | #2,384 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,712 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,891 |
| 2018 | 59 | #2,840 |
| 2017 | 53 | #3,053 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,326 |
| 2015 | 43 | #3,595 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,916 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
Names like Harlowe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harper, Primrose, Willow, Hallie, Esme, Poppy, Isla, Indie, Olive, Ivy, Evie, Marlowe
Other spellings of Harlowe
Names related to Harlowe
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River, Ellie
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, “Harlowe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harlowe, updated 20 October 2026.