# Harland (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/harland/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,837 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,813 / 24 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 120, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8 | 12,170 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,340 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,199 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 6,741 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,333 |
| 2013 | 26 | 3,896 |
| 2014 | 28 | 3,722 |
| 2015 | 31 | 3,544 |
| 2016 | 49 | 2,567 |
| 2017 | 35 | 3,267 |
| 2018 | 39 | 3,018 |
| 2019 | 56 | 2,403 |
| 2020 | 34 | 3,297 |
| 2021 | 50 | 2,597 |
| 2022 | 57 | 2,451 |
| 2023 | 45 | 2,819 |
| 2024 | 51 | 2,611 |
| 2025 | 73 | 2,045 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Harland

- Harland Sanders, American entrepreneur (1890-1980) who founded KFC
- Harland Williams, Canadian actor
- Sean Murray, American actor (born 1977)
- Cecil H. Underwood, American politician (1922–2008)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.