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Harlem

Boy's name · #971 in the US (2025) · Trending

61% boys · 39% girls — Harlem is also given to girls: 147 in 2025, about 39% in recent years. Harlem →

Popularity over time

Harlem is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1975, it stood at #971 in 2025; about 3,400 boys have been named Harlem along the way.

Across the states

In recent years, Harlem ran 4–5× its national rate in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 21 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Harlem ranks in other countries and regions.

#1,705 in England & Wales (2025) · #4,372 in France (2025) · #332 in New Zealand (2023) · #2,493 in Canada (2022) · #5,744 in Ecuador (2019).

Famous Harlems

• Harlem Yu — Taiwanese singer and television host (born 1961)
• Harlem Désir — French politician (born 1959)
• Harlem Berry — American football player (born 2007)
• Harlem Gnohéré — French footballer (born 1988)
• Harlem Tommy Murphy — American boxer (1885–1958)

Similar names: Adler · Arlen · Lyam · Shulem · Arjan · Harlow

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