girls:
1.4k births since 2000
#4314 (25th percentile)
boys:
3k births since 1975
#2301 (50th percentile)
overall:
4.4k births since 1975
#4127 (47th percentile)
The name Harlem is the #4,127 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,394 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 46.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 46.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,301 (49.8% percentile) for all time with 2,977 births since 1975. For girls, it ranks #4,314 (24.5% percentile) for all time with 1,417 births since 2000.
Harlem first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for boys and 2000 for girls). Birth data for Harlem is available in 24 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023 (24 years for boys and 21 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Harlem has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (67.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 62.2% of babies named Harlem were boys.
For boys, Harlem reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 26.9% percentile (ranked #666) with 138 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 138 births per million (ranked 26.9% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Harlem is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #666 (26.9% percentile) with 138 births per million.
For girls, Harlem reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 16.3% percentile (ranked #787) with 89 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 89 births per million (ranked 16.3% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Harlem is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #799 (15.6% percentile) with 87 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Harlem".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Harlem is pronounced as HAHR-luhm, which has 2 syllables.
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