Masculine dossier · first seen 1886

Harlin

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Harlin
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1924

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1886Peak 19242024

Peak year

1924

Decline from peak

51.1%

2024

All-time

1,855

Harlin has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1924, when 45 boys were named Harlin.

In 2024, only 22 boys were given the name.

Down 51.1% from its peak.

All told, about 1,855 Americans have been named Harlin and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1886.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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