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How popular is the name Harley-James?

Births per year, rank history and how many Harley-Jameses are alive today.

Harley-James (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2133rd in 2025 and given to 11 babies. The name peaked in 2016, when 27 babies were given the name, the 1050th most popular that year. It has declined since 2016; the 2025 figure is roughly 41% of its peak.

The Harley-James you are most likely to meet is around 9 years old. Half of all Harley-Jameses born in England and Wales are between 8 and 14, and there are at least 280 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 Harley-James - on average, only one in every 1,083 such rooms contains a Harley-James.

How many babies are named Harley-James each year?

0102020202005: 32008: 32009: 92010: 92011: 122012: 242013: 212014: 242015: 212016: 272017: 202018: 272019: 192020: 82021: 102022: 72023: 52024: 32025: 11actual

Where does Harley-James rank among boys' names?

1101001,00010,00020202005: ranked 3,8492008: ranked 4,4322009: ranked 2,1262010: ranked 2,1992011: ranked 1,7882012: ranked 1,1192013: ranked 1,1832014: ranked 1,1172015: ranked 1,2362016: ranked 1,0502017: ranked 1,2892018: ranked 1,0402019: ranked 1,3162020: ranked 2,4042021: ranked 2,1252022: ranked 2,7562023: ranked 3,5242024: ranked 5,1202025: ranked 2,133

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 Harley-James per year in England and Wales, 2005 to 2025, peaking at about 27 in 2016
Harley-James: births per year in England and Wales, 2005-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Harley-James most popular?

Harley-James peaked in 2016, when 27 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Harley-James?

At least 280 people named Harley-James born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Harley-James?

Most living Harley-Jameses are between 8 and 14; the most common age is about 9.

Is Harley-James becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2016 peak.






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