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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).

Other English-Origin Names Like Harlow

If you like Harlow's English origin, consider these related names: Aaric, Aarika, Aarshiya, Aase, Aasiya. Browse all English names →

6-Letter Names Starting with H

Names with Harlow's exact length and starting letter: Habiba, Hacket, Hadara, Haddad, Hadden.

Quick Facts About Harlow

5,642
English baby names in our dictionary
3,391
English male names
192
6-letter H-names in our dictionary
504
H-male names total
2009–2025
years of US SSA records (17 total)
13,767
total US births named Harlow (all years)

US Popularity History (2009–2025)

📈 Rising: Harlow climbed 14 places in the US girls ranking over the last 5 years (#323 in 2020 → #309 in 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.

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

NameMeaningGenderOrigin
Arlo The Barberry Male Spanish
Harlow From The Hare's Hill Male English

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