Harley

Boy · recorded 1880–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 3.8 to 1)

  • #1,081in 2025
  • 1 in 8,583boys in 2025
  • −43%last ten years
  • 1.5×in Ohio

Most popular in 1887.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

038075918801916195319892025

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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 146 recorded years as a table
Harley, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880634
1881606
1882660
1883602
1884638
1885473
1886659
1887759
1888679
1889543
1890468
1891632
1892746
1893677
1894544
1895579
1896535
1897727
1898579
1899555
1900525
1901592
1902677
1903545
1904437
1905522
1906391
1907511
1908460
1909445
1910458
1911389
1912458
1913398
1914492
1915511
1916510
1917465
1918484
1919461
1920455
1921488
1922482
1923436
1924461
1925414
1926443
1927405
1928437
1929397
1930414
1931423
1932379
1933355
1934363
1935350
1936341
1937340
1938316
1939301
1940298
1941265
1942231
1943249
1944227
1945229
1946196
1947184
1948168
1949171
1950148
1951136
1952140
1953130
1954119
1955109
1956112
1957108
195883
195983
196081
196179
196267
196366
196474
196566
196678
196772
196871
196963
197069
197176
197283
197383
1974107
197590
1976108
1977115
1978144
1979142
1980158
1981136
1982136
1983119
1984116
1985122
1986110
1987101
1988119
1989134
1990142
1991173
1992279
1993371
1994408
1995342
1996319
1997300
1998283
1999259
2000274
2001272
2002299
2003311
2004282
2005244
2006242
2007202
2008207
2009234
2010234
2011195
2012202
2013213
2014214
2015206
2016200
2017217
2018165
2019159
2020174
2021141
2022145
2023129
2024127
2025117

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Ohio 1.5×
  2. North Carolina 1.4×
  3. Florida 1.2×
  4. California 1.1×
  5. Texas 0.8×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
199
Rank in 2025
#1,081
How rare
1 in 8,583 boys
Since 1880
40,705

Most popular in 1887, at 759 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 43% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Ohio1.5×30
North Carolina1.4×26
Florida1.2×42
California1.1×72
Texas0.8×52

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