Harlee Girl

How popular is Harlee?

#1,047 girl name in 2025

237 baby girls were named Harlee in the US in 2025, making it the 1047th most popular girl name.

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8,324living people named Harlee (est.)
12median age of people named Harlee
8,502babies named Harlee since 1880
1 in 13,989US babies born in 2025

Harlee popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#1,047 for girls (▼ 69 from 2024)
Babies in 2025237 girls
10-year trendFalling (-29% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#842 in 2015, #745 in 2020
Peak year2017 (483 girls)
Highest rank#621 in 2017
First recorded1950
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)3% boys, 97% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Harlee counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Harley family of names ranked #273 for girls in 2025 (#255 the year before), with 1,215 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Harley 748 62%
Harlee 237 20%
Harleigh 138 11%
Harlie 70 6%
Harli 22 2%

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 Harlee is most popular

Babies named Harlee per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Mississippi: 0.7 per 1,000 (33 girls)
  2. Louisiana: 0.5 per 1,000 (46 girls)
  3. Alabama: 0.4 per 1,000 (38 girls)
  4. Arkansas: 0.4 per 1,000 (20 girls)
  5. Utah: 0.4 per 1,000 (30 girls)

Harlee by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1950s6#4,736
1980s15#7,443
1990s887#1,296
2000s1,865#1,096
2010s3,410#621
2020s1,840#745

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Questions

Is Harlee a boy or girl name?
Harlee is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Harlee were girls.
How popular is the name Harlee?
237 baby girls were named Harlee in the US in 2025, making it the 1047th most popular girl name.
When was Harlee most popular?
Harlee peaked in 2017, when 483 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #621 in 2017.
How many people are named Harlee?
8,502 babies have been named Harlee in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,324 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
Where is Harlee most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Harlee was most common in Mississippi, at 0.7 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.