Harlow
- Pronunciation
- [Har-low]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- From The Hare's Hill
- Origin
- English
Harlow Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 2,500 baby boys have been named Harlow. The name peaked in 2023 with 182 US births that year (rank #1151). In 2024, ranked #1251 nationally — 100 places below its 2023 peak.
Top States for Harlow
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Harlow births are: New York (129), California (79), Minnesota (74).
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6-Letter Names Starting with H
Names with Harlow's exact length and starting letter: Habiba, Hacket, Hadara, Haddad, Hadden.
Quick Facts About Harlow
US Popularity History (2009–2025)
Annual US births named Harlow by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2021 with 1,278 girls named Harlow (girl rank #237 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #309 for girls (981 US births). That's 72 places below its 2021 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Harlow Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Harlow the strongest states are Alaska, South Dakota, Montana.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | #121 | 19 |
| 2 | South Dakota | #147 | 40 |
| 3 | Montana | #158 | 50 |
| 4 | Delaware | #162 | 18 |
| 5 | Oregon | #163 | 210 |
| 6 | Idaho | #169 | 89 |
| 7 | North Dakota | #174 | 46 |
| 8 | New Hampshire | #190 | 33 |
| 9 | Minnesota | #194 | 269 |
| 10 | Nebraska | #204 | 108 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana | #549 | 84 |
| 2 | New York | #507 | 343 |
| 3 | Mississippi | #507 | 37 |
| 4 | New Jersey | #499 | 148 |
| 5 | Georgia | #486 | 229 |
| 6 | South Carolina | #474 | 98 |
| 7 | Virginia | #455 | 170 |
| 8 | Texas | #452 | 689 |
| 9 | Florida | #450 | 386 |
| 10 | Alabama | #448 | 117 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Harlow in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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