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How popular is the name Harlen?
Births per year, rank history and how many Harlens are alive today.
Harlen (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Harlan in England and Wales, ranked 1276th in 2025 and given to 22 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2017, when 53 babies were given the name, the 661st most popular that year. It has declined since 2017; the 2025 figure is roughly 42% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Harlan you are most likely to meet is around 9 years old. Half of all Harlans born in England and Wales are between 4 and 12, and there are at least 1,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Harlan - on average, only one in every 234 such rooms contains a Harlan.
How many babies are named Harlen each year?
Includes all spellings: Harlen, Harlan. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Harlen spelling rank?
Where does the Harlan spelling rank?
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.
Common questions
When was the name Harlen most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Harlan, peaked in 2017, when 126 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Harlen spelling itself peaked in 2017, with 53 babies.
How many people are called Harlen?
At least 1,300 people named Harlen in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Harlen?
Most living Harlens are between 4 and 12; the most common age is about 9.
Is Harlen becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2017 peak.