NameTides

Harley

Harley was the #418 girls' name in the US in 2025 (748 babies), and #439 in England & Wales and #636 in Canada.

Harley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Harley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandUSIrelandEngland & WalesCanada
Harley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#418 (748)#439 (91)#242 (15)#334 (4)#443 (8)#636 (47)
2024#396 (797)#418 (102)#215 (17)#337 (4)#504 (7)#794 (37)
2023#345 (891)#360 (117)#152 (28)#391 (3)#495 (7)#529 (55)
2022#328 (981)#250 (191)#124 (34)#418 (3)#211 (22)#599 (47)
2021#305 (1,046)#252 (191)#198 (21)#181 (11)#336 (12)#521 (56)
2020#286 (1,115)#206 (239)#80 (55)#158 (12)#168 (28)#498 (59)
2019#273 (1,221)#212 (232)#77 (59)#263 (6)#235 (20)#476 (68)
2018#223 (1,415)#238 (211)#109 (44)#238 (7)#218 (22)#518 (60)
2017#202 (1,532)#191 (279)#68 (64)#190 (10)#172 (30)#413 (81)
2016#224 (1,433)#293 (169)#112 (42)#211 (9)#359 (12)#494 (66)
2015#278 (1,136)#414 (107)#167 (27)#426 (3)#462 (9)#542 (57)
2014#350 (949)#458 (96)#191 (24)—#536 (7)#602 (51)
2013#359 (878)#437 (96)#267 (15)#370 (4)#894 (3)#634 (45)
2012#413 (760)#519 (82)#142 (33)#383 (4)#612 (6)#819 (33)
2011#436 (716)#665 (59)#229 (19)#444 (3)#798 (4)#689 (41)

Harley as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Harley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandIrelandCanadaUS
Harley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#1,081 (199)#145 (366)#441 (7)#270 (6)#509 (6)#1,127 (22)—
2024#1,019 (219)#148 (356)#352 (10)#278 (6)#582 (5)#714 (37)—
2023#997 (221)#136 (396)#366 (9)#200 (10)#770 (3)#911 (26)—
2022#913 (253)#119 (465)#243 (16)#234 (8)#380 (10)#971 (24)—
2021#920 (247)#115 (501)#286 (14)#176 (13)#257 (18)#910 (26)—
2020#781 (300)#97 (594)#324 (11)#186 (11)#361 (11)#716 (35)—
2019#802 (286)#77 (771)#163 (32)#197 (11)#244 (19)#607 (44)—
2018#772 (300)#64 (1,011)#159 (34)#171 (14)#231 (23)#562 (48)—
2017#646 (401)#53 (1,246)#156 (37)#90 (33)#230 (24)#543 (50)#98 (93)
2016#674 (379)#55 (1,083)#123 (53)#143 (20)#196 (29)#622 (43)—
2015#653 (395)#52 (1,175)#123 (51)#121 (25)#245 (21)#588 (45)#91 (105)
2014#639 (411)#45 (1,303)#138 (44)#105 (30)#181 (33)#699 (36)—
2013#616 (403)#49 (1,275)#136 (43)#118 (26)#252 (21)#522 (52)—
2012#632 (384)#46 (1,543)#109 (60)#133 (21)#324 (13)#478 (58)—
2011#632 (370)#55 (1,308)#194 (26)#149 (18)#342 (12)#699 (34)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #202.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1916.
  • In 2025, 79% of US babies named Harley were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,200 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 8,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 740common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Harley is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 2,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Harley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #274WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #236NHWashington: #368WAIdaho: #277IDMontana: #122MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #459MNIllinois: #619ILMichigan: #284MINew York: #585NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: #429ORNevada: #292NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #188SDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #345INOhio: #430OHPennsylvania: #515PANew Jersey: #718NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #281CAUtah: #275UTColorado: #298CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #311MOKentucky: #307KYWest Virginia: #181WVVirginia: #433VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #330AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #250ARTennessee: #375TNNorth Carolina: #634NCSouth Carolina: #347SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #437OKLouisiana: #224LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #391ALGeorgia: #418GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #507TXFlorida: #531FL
Harley (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#74216

Harley (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HarleyCanadaGirls#63647
HarleyCanadaBoys#1,12722
HarleyEngland & WalesGirls#43991
HarleyEngland & WalesBoys#145366
HarleyIrelandGirls#4438
HarleyIrelandBoys#5096
HarleyNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
HarleyNorthern IrelandBoys#2706
HarleyNSWBoys—too few
HarleyScotlandGirls#24215
HarleyScotlandBoys#4417
HarleyUSGirls#418748
HarleyUSBoys#1,081199