girls:
100 births since 1999
#5616 (2nd percentile)
boys:
1.8k births since 1886
#2918 (36th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1886
#5833 (25th percentile)
The name Harlin is the #5,833 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,933 recorded births since 1886. This represents the 24.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,918 (36.3% percentile) for all time with 1,833 births since 1886. For girls, it ranks #5,616 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 100 births since 1999.
Harlin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1886 (1886 for boys and 1999 for girls). Birth data for Harlin is available in 104 out of the 138 years between 1886 and 2023 (103 years for boys and 13 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 Harlin has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 69.4% of babies named Harlin were boys.
For boys, Harlin reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 7.2% percentile (ranked #514) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 1886, with 42 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Harlin ranks #891 for boys (2.2% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 32.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Harlin reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #925) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Despite a peak around 2013, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Harlin ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 70.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Harlin".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Harlin is pronounced as HAHR-lihn, which has 2 syllables.
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