NameTides

Harlow

Harlow was the #309 girls' name in the US in 2025 (981 babies), and #325 in England & Wales and #303 in Canada.

Harlow as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Harlow as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaUSNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesIreland
Harlow as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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 and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear 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.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#309 (981)#325 (133)#157 (26)#334 (4)#544 (6)#303 (103)——
2024#293 (1,083)#231 (207)#160 (26)#288 (5)#275 (15)#222 (131)——
2023#238 (1,273)#169 (305)#95 (45)#178 (10)#226 (18)#223 (127)—#91 (59)
2022#263 (1,199)#149 (329)#69 (61)#152 (13)#266 (16)#165 (163)#82 (83)#83 (71)
2021#237 (1,278)#142 (354)#86 (52)#206 (9)#251 (18)#179 (162)—#97 (62)
2020#324 (959)#182 (273)#123 (38)#158 (12)#336 (12)#198 (144)#81 (90)#99 (59)
2019#316 (1,009)#258 (187)#123 (39)#200 (9)#362 (11)#182 (154)——
2018#366 (863)#235 (214)#167 (27)—#387 (11)#271 (120)#98 (71)—
2017#390 (798)#288 (170)#229 (19)—#734 (4)#240 (130)#97 (74)#98 (57)
2016#420 (786)#299 (166)#210 (21)#353 (4)#515 (7)#225 (141)——
2015#422 (759)#421 (105)#252 (16)—#462 (9)#323 (104)——
2014#509 (611)#494 (86)#274 (16)—#876 (3)#362 (93)——
2013#546 (545)#639 (64)#506 (6)—#894 (3)#330 (99)——
2012#579 (507)#647 (64)#370 (10)—#768 (4)#408 (77)——
2011#623 (465)#1,117 (30)#579 (5)—#695 (5)#463 (68)——

Harlow as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Harlow as a boy’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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Harlow as a boy’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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,212 (167)#418 (96)#495 (6)——#1,127 (22)
2024#1,243 (159)#442 (91)#727 (3)—#785 (3)#1,156 (20)
2023#1,149 (182)#447 (89)#728 (3)#348 (4)—#1,079 (21)
2022#1,200 (166)#480 (83)#590 (4)—#657 (4)#1,061 (21)
2021#1,815 (86)#584 (65)#720 (3)——#1,898 (9)
2020#2,235 (61)#656 (52)#599 (4)——#1,312 (15)
2019#2,766 (45)#535 (71)#609 (4)———
2018#2,674 (46)#690 (50)——#749 (3)#2,403 (6)
2017#3,071 (38)#888 (35)#602 (4)———
2016#3,230 (35)#765 (43)——#713 (3)—
2015#4,179 (24)#856 (36)———#2,139 (7)
2014#3,154 (35)#1,370 (18)————
2013#3,405 (31)#1,147 (22)———#2,305 (6)
2012#3,297 (33)#977 (29)————
2011#6,256 (13)#1,600 (14)————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #238.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2002.
  • In 2025, 86% of US babies named Harlow were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 690common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 10,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Harlow is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 1,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Harlow by state, 2025Alaska: #134AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #237WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #273WAIdaho: #160IDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #167MNIllinois: #344ILMichigan: #306MINew York: #428NYMassachusetts: #313MAOregon: #169ORNevada: #214NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #84SDIowa: #186IAIndiana: #278INOhio: #309OHPennsylvania: #271PANew Jersey: #499NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #308CAUtah: #231UTColorado: #298CONebraska: #182NEMissouri: #299MOKentucky: #248KYWest Virginia: #154WVVirginia: #413VAMaryland: #511MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #292AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #222KSArkansas: #301ARTennessee: #335TNNorth Carolina: #319NCSouth Carolina: #332SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #225OKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #297ALGeorgia: #232GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #461TXFlorida: #489FL
Harlow (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#25748

Harlow (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
HarlowCanadaGirls#303103
HarlowCanadaBoys#1,12722
HarlowEngland & WalesGirls#325133
HarlowEngland & WalesBoys#41896
HarlowIrelandGirls#5446
HarlowIrelandBoys—too few
HarlowNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
HarlowNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
HarlowNSWGirls—too few
HarlowScotlandGirls#15726
HarlowScotlandBoys#4956
HarlowUSGirls#309981
HarlowUSBoys#1,212167
HarlowVICGirls—too few