Masculine dossier · first seen 1910

Harlon

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1939

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1910Peak 19392024

Peak year

1939

Decline from peak

81.8%

2024

All-time

1,844

Harlon 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 1939, when 44 boys were named Harlon.

In 2024, only 8 boys were given the name.

Down 81.8% from its peak.

All told, about 1,844 Americans have been named Harlon and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1910.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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