How Many People Are Named Harland?

2,107

people named Harland are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 162,213 people in the US has this name

Based on 5,837 babies named Harland in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,520

πŸ’ŽπŸ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#2,429

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Peak Year

1922

156 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: HAHR-lΙ™nd
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From a surname which was a variant of HARLAN.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
1.1%
Male
98.9%

Of the babies given the name Harland, 1.1% were girls and 98.9% were boys.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Harland alive today is about 44 years old, and 40% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 10 and 72 in 2025.

Under 30 820
38.9%
30 to 59 439
20.8%
60 and over 848
40.2%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Harland first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1922, to 156 babies. In 2025, 73 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Harland has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #476, in 1918. In 2025 it ranked #2,045.

Boys
Rank in 2025#2,045
Best rank#476 (1918)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#529 in the 1920s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Harland alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Harland were born in Wisconsin than in any other state: about 58 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Harland was given 9.7 times as often in Wisconsin, 9.4 times in Maine and 7.5 times in Minnesota.

Wisconsin 58
California 44
Texas 36
Minnesota 32
Illinois 24
New York 14
Michigan 12
Maine 8
Missouri 7
Ohio 4
Oklahoma 3
Kansas 3
Pennsylvania 2
South Dakota 1
Iowa 1
West Virginia 1

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