# Harlem (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/harlem/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,182 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,437 / 1,745 (34% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 308, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 4,971 |
| 2012 | 43 | 3,667 |
| 2013 | 55 | 3,021 |
| 2014 | 70 | 2,544 |
| 2015 | 90 | 2,131 |
| 2016 | 93 | 2,099 |
| 2017 | 101 | 1,966 |
| 2018 | 100 | 1,971 |
| 2019 | 133 | 1,600 |
| 2020 | 158 | 1,377 |
| 2021 | 141 | 1,501 |
| 2022 | 129 | 1,640 |
| 2023 | 155 | 1,441 |
| 2024 | 177 | 1,302 |
| 2025 | 147 | 1,462 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 88 | 1,693 |
| 2012 | 95 | 1,628 |
| 2013 | 160 | 1,136 |
| 2014 | 199 | 1,023 |
| 2015 | 203 | 1,008 |
| 2016 | 184 | 1,074 |
| 2017 | 176 | 1,105 |
| 2018 | 210 | 990 |
| 2019 | 242 | 909 |
| 2020 | 248 | 906 |
| 2021 | 240 | 944 |
| 2022 | 237 | 957 |
| 2023 | 254 | 911 |
| 2024 | 220 | 1,015 |
| 2025 | 236 | 971 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,586 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,570 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,398 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,273 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,516 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1,859 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## 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.