Recorded 1916–2025 · United States
Harlowe was most popular in 2024, when 135 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,912 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,989, with 128 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,060 people named Harlowe.
Harlowe first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1916, which makes it about 109 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 24 of the 110 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,060 American births named Harlowe between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,028 are estimated to be alive today.
128 American babies were named Harlowe in 2025, ranking #2,989 that year.
Harlowe is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 103 births a year, against 35 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +193% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Harlowe is mostly a girl’s name — 93.8% of the 1,060 Americans given it were girls and 6.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 95% girls and 5% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 1,028 Americans named Harlowe are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 6 years old, and half are between 2 and 10. That is a narrow band because Harlowe is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org