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How popular is the name Harlee?

Births per year, rank history and how many Harlees are alive today.

Harlee (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Harley in England and Wales, ranked 3684th in 2025 and given to 5 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2012, when 39 babies were given the name, the 805th most popular that year. It has declined since 2012; the 2025 figure is roughly 13% of its peak.

Across all spellings of the name, the Harley you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Harleys born in England and Wales are between 10 and 19, and there are at least 24,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 7.6% chance that at least one of them will be called Harley.

How many babies are named Harlee each year?

Includes all spellings: Harlee, Harley. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

05001k2k200020201996: 1861997: 1551998: 1721999: 1402000: 1902001: 2122002: 2842003: 3192004: 5632005: 9742006: 1,1092007: 1,1172008: 1,1572009: 1,3192010: 1,3222011: 1,3332012: 1,5822013: 1,3042014: 1,3242015: 1,1972016: 1,1002017: 1,2652018: 1,0352019: 7982020: 6052021: 5132022: 4752023: 4002024: 3652025: 371actual

Where does the Harlee spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201999: ranked 2,4252000: ranked 2,5012003: ranked 1,9622004: ranked 1,7322005: ranked 1,2992006: ranked 1,2242007: ranked 9522008: ranked 1,1242009: ranked 9232010: ranked 1,3442011: ranked 1,0452012: ranked 8052013: ranked 9762014: ranked 1,2232015: ranked 1,1862016: ranked 1,4982017: ranked 1,3392018: ranked 1,1322019: ranked 1,0302020: ranked 1,9352021: ranked 1,8602022: ranked 2,1662023: ranked 4,1082024: ranked 2,4442025: ranked 3,684

Where does the Harley spelling rank?

110100500200020201996: ranked 1771997: ranked 2111998: ranked 1921999: ranked 2242000: ranked 1832001: ranked 1692002: ranked 1452003: ranked 1452004: ranked 1022005: ranked 702006: ranked 682007: ranked 692008: ranked 632009: ranked 562010: ranked 572011: ranked 552012: ranked 462013: ranked 492014: ranked 452015: ranked 522016: ranked 552017: ranked 532018: ranked 642019: ranked 772020: ranked 972021: ranked 1152022: ranked 1192023: ranked 1362024: ranked 1482025: ranked 145

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Harlee per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 1,582 in 2012
Harlee: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Harlee most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Harley, peaked in 2012, when 1,582 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Harlee spelling itself peaked in 2012, with 39 babies.

How many people are called Harlee?

At least 24,000 people named Harlee in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Harlee?

Most living Harlees are between 10 and 19; the most common age is about 15.

Is Harlee becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2012 peak.






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