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Harley

Pronounced /ˈhɑɹli/

Rank in 2024
#396
Born in 2024
795
Peak year
2017 · #202
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:218 in 2024 (#1,019)

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 795 girls were named Harley, about 1 in every 2,029.
  • It peaked in 2017 with 1,531 babies, ranked #202.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1916.
  • 30,410 girls have been named Harley since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Harley per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.4
    Gen Z
  7. 0.7
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 35 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 34 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 10 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 62 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 4,201 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Gen Z: 12,684 babies, 0.44 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 13,384 babies, 0.66 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Old English hær (“rock”) or hara (“hare”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to hare +‎ -ley (“lea”).

  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈhɑɹli/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Harley, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Harlee

    Rank
    #981
    Born '24
    264
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20172024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Harlie

    Rank
    #2,472
    Born '24
    73
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20032024