Nameling

Harlym

Gender
Mostly girls
Say it
HAR-lim
Origin
Modern
US rank, 2025
#2,256 for girls

Harlym is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,256th for girls in the US (81 babies).

Where does Harlym come from?

Modern: probably a respelling of Harlem or Harlyn

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

In recent years, Harlym has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 81 girls and 12 boys in the US.

How popular is Harlym in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,256among girls
Babies in 2025
81about 1 in 20,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 134% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 81 girls in the US were named Harlym, making it the 2,256th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,546th. It first appears in the records in 2008. 12 boys were also named Harlym in 2025 (6,799th for boys).

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Harlym of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.

Half of all the girls named Harlym in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 228 girls in the US were given Harlym or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #977, up from #2,256 for this spelling alone.

In 2025, 87% of the babies named Harlym in the US were girls.

2008Busiest: 81 in 20252025
Harlym in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202581#2,256
202465#2,661
202358#2,891
202236#4,039
202128#4,715
202042#3,546
201928#4,772
201817#6,788
201722#5,657
201619#6,398
201527#4,979
201424#5,454
201312#9,031
20120–
20115#16,756
20107#13,442
20096#15,236
20086#15,399

Names like Harlym

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Harlym

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Every Modern name

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