girls:
757 births since 2006
#4959 (13th percentile)
boys:
38 births since 1916
#4548 (1st percentile)
overall:
795 births since 1916
#6944 (10th percentile)
The name Harlowe is the #6,944 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 795 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 10.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,959 (13.2% percentile) for all time with 757 births since 2006. For boys, it ranks #4,548 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 38 births since 1916.
Harlowe first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for boys and 2006 for girls). Birth data for Harlowe is available in 22 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023 (17 years for girls and 7 years for boys). 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 Harlowe has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 94.3% of babies named Harlowe were girls. Interestingly, until around 2006, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1916 to 2005), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (98.4% girls from 2006 to 2023).
For girls, Harlowe reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 8.2% percentile (ranked #880) with 46 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 47 births per million (ranked 8.1% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Harlowe is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #870 (8.1% percentile) with 47 births per million.
For boys, Harlowe reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #922) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1917, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Harlowe ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 43.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Harlowe".
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