Harlow Girl
How popular is Harlow?
#309 girl name in 2025
981 baby girls were named Harlow in the US in 2025, making it the 309th most popular girl name. Another 167 boys got the name (#1,212 for boys).
Harlow popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #309 for girls (▼ 16 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 981 girls, 167 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+29% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #422 in 2015, #324 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (1,278 girls) |
| Highest rank | #237 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 2002 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 9% boys, 91% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Harlow counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Harlow family of names ranked #298 for girls in 2025 (#280 the year before), with 1,094 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Harlow | 981 | 90% |
| Harlowe | 113 | 10% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Harlow is most popular
Babies named Harlow per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Montana: 2.9 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Alaska: 2.2 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- North Dakota: 2.2 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- Oregon: 2.0 per 1,000 (133 girls)
- South Dakota: 2.0 per 1,000 (28 girls)
Harlow by decade
Girl names about as popular as Harlow
Questions
- Is Harlow a boy or girl name?
- Harlow is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 91% of babies named Harlow were girls.
- How popular is the name Harlow?
- 981 baby girls were named Harlow in the US in 2025, making it the 309th most popular girl name. Another 167 boys got the name (#1,212 for boys).
- When was Harlow most popular?
- Harlow peaked in 2021, when 1,278 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #237 in 2021.
- How many people are named Harlow?
- 16,655 babies have been named Harlow in the US since 1880. We estimate about 15,445 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Harlow most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Harlow was most common in Montana, at 2.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.