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How popular is the name Harley?
Births per year, rank history and how many Harleys are alive today.
Harley (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 145th in 2025 with 366 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2012, when 1,543 babies were given the name, the 46th most popular that year. It has declined since 2012; the 2025 figure is roughly 24% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 22,000 babies have been named Harley in England and Wales since 1996.
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 23,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 7.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Harley.
How many babies are named Harley each year?
Where does Harley rank among boys' names?
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 Harley most popular?
Harley peaked in 2012, when 1,543 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Harley?
At least 23,000 people named Harley born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Harley?
Most living Harleys are between 10 and 19; the most common age is about 15.
Is Harley becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2012 peak.