Harley
Harley is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 218 births. Its best rank was 164th, in 1887.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2180.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1994789 births
- Best rank
- #164in 1887
- Since 1880
- 70,909people given the name
The story in the numbers
40,499 boys have been named Harley in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1994, with 789 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1965, and the 1990s alone account for 14%. It has spent 144 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Harley is used for both sexes: 43% of its bearers are girls (30,410), most of them born around 2017.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Harley | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 685 | |
| 1890s | 690 | |
| 1900s | 686 | |
| 1910s | 3,161 | |
| 1920s | 4,867 | |
| 1930s | 3,781 | |
| 1940s | 3,215 | |
| 1950s | 2,343 | |
| 1960s | 1,383 | |
| 1970s | 1,677 | |
| 1980s | 2,309 | |
| 1990s | 5,578 | |
| 2000s | 5,112 | |
| 2010s | 3,775 | |
| 2020s | 1,237 |
In 1994, its biggest year
Harley was the 322nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1994 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Tyler. See all of 1994.
Names that rose and fell with Harley
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Edgarpeak 2005
- Ulyssespeak 1999
- Baxterpeak 2014
- Williamspeak 1950
- Mahlonpeak 1919
- Anguspeak 2006
- Raleighpeak 1921
- Mosespeak 2016
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.