# Harlee (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/harlee/  
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 | 8,502 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 479 / 8,023 (94% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 724, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A fanciful spelling variant of Harley.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 217 | 1,129 |
| 2012 | 266 | 957 |
| 2013 | 267 | 950 |
| 2014 | 302 | 901 |
| 2015 | 333 | 842 |
| 2016 | 464 | 639 |
| 2017 | 483 | 621 |
| 2018 | 473 | 631 |
| 2019 | 391 | 724 |
| 2020 | 366 | 745 |
| 2021 | 363 | 780 |
| 2022 | 319 | 870 |
| 2023 | 290 | 916 |
| 2024 | 265 | 980 |
| 2025 | 237 | 1,048 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 18 | 5,114 |
| 2011 | 11 | 7,167 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,402 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,352 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,758 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,688 |
| 2016 | 18 | 5,198 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6,842 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,304 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,117 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,715 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7,796 |
| 2022 | 14 | 6,267 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,485 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7,960 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,571 |
| 2017 | 46 | 836 |
| 2018 | 29 | 1,170 |
| 2019 | 30 | 1,119 |
| 2020 | 29 | 1,127 |
| 2021 | 21 | 1,454 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,685 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 1,045 |
| 2012 | 39 | 805 |
| 2013 | 29 | 976 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,223 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,186 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,339 |
| 2018 | 24 | 1,132 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1,030 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Harlee

- James Bell, American actor (1891-1973)

## 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.