NameTides

Harlem

Harlem was the #970 boys' name in the US in 2025 (236 babies), and #1,705 in England & Wales.

Harlem as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Harlem as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Harlem as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#970 (236)#1,705 (15)—
2024#1,013 (220)#1,859 (13)—
2023#911 (254)#1,907 (12)—
2022#956 (237)#1,534 (16)#2,493 (6)
2021#943 (240)#1,516 (16)#2,061 (8)
2020#905 (248)#1,273 (20)#2,197 (7)
2019#908 (242)#1,655 (14)#1,737 (10)
2018#984 (210)#1,455 (17)#2,176 (7)
2017#1,104 (176)#1,398 (18)#2,762 (5)
2016#1,073 (184)#1,570 (16)#1,831 (9)
2015#1,006 (203)#1,586 (15)#2,139 (7)
2014#1,022 (199)#1,819 (12)#2,667 (5)
2013#1,135 (160)#1,617 (14)#2,606 (5)
2012#1,626 (95)#1,756 (13)#2,368 (6)
2011#1,687 (88)#1,522 (15)#1,944 (8)

Harlem as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Harlem as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020US
Harlem as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#1,458 (147)—
2024#1,302 (177)—
2023#1,439 (155)—
2022#1,638 (129)—
2021#1,498 (141)#5,581 (3)
2020#1,373 (158)#5,493 (3)
2019#1,598 (133)—
2018#1,968 (100)—
2017#1,964 (101)—
2016#2,093 (93)—
2015#2,123 (90)—
2014#2,535 (70)—
2013#3,005 (55)#5,742 (3)
2012#3,644 (43)—
2011#4,915 (28)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #911.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.
  • In 2025, 38% of US babies named Harlem were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Harlem is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,600 to 1 in 8,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Harlem by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: #641MINew York: #1,119NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,040CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #719TNNorth Carolina: #485NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #450LAMississippi: #370MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #464GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,094TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Harlem (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HarlemCanadaBoys—too few
HarlemEngland & WalesGirls—too few
HarlemEngland & WalesBoys#1,70515
HarlemNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
HarlemUSGirls#1,458147
HarlemUSBoys#970236