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Harlow

Pronounced /ˈhɑː.ləʊ/

Rank in 2024
#1,247
Born in 2024
158
Peak year
2023 · #1149
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:1,079 in 2024 (#293)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 158 boys were named Harlow, about 1 in every 10,856.
  • It peaked in 2023 with 182 babies, ranked #1149.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1882.
  • 2,500 boys have been named Harlow since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

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Greatest: 577 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 524 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 247 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 42 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 15 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 110 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 906 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Old English hær (“rock”) or here (“army”) + hlæw (“hill”).

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

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