Harlem

Boy · recorded 1975–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.6 to 1)

  • #970in 2025
  • 1 in 7,237boys in 2025
  • +30%last ten years
  • 4.9×in Louisiana

Most popular in 2023, and up 30% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1975

07414819751988200020132025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 26 recorded years as a table
Harlem, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19753
20003
20024
20036
200410
200517
200626
200725
200835
200943
201054
201146
201250
201385
2014104
2015106
201697
201795
2018116
2019135
2020144
2021137
2022136
2023148
2024128
2025138

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Louisiana 4.9×
  2. North Carolina 2.5×
  3. Michigan 2.2×
  4. Georgia 2.1×
  5. Ohio 1.8×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
236
Rank in 2025
#970
How rare
1 in 7,237 boys
Since 1975
3,437

Most popular in 2023, at 148 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 30% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Louisiana4.9×40
North Carolina2.5×52
Michigan2.2×37
Georgia2.1×45
Ohio1.8×39

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.