Harlow

What Harlow means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Harlow yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Used for both: 85% of US babies named Harlow in 2025 were girls Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Harlow?

US: Rising: up from #422 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #421 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 1,273 girls got the name (#238 that year). First in the US records in 2002.

How common

• About 1 in 1,638 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,904 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 688 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SD (3.6 per 1,000 girls), AK (3.02 per 1,000 girls), WV (1.97 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Harlow is #309 in the US and #325 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 85.5% of US babies named Harlow were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Harley748 US · 91 E&W
• Harlee237 US · 6 E&W
• Harlo43 US · 3 E&W
• Harlei29 US
• Harli22 US · 3 E&W
• Harloe7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Harlow

Girls

• Elliott#599“my God is Yahweh”^*
• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*
• Adley#805Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #805 vs #2,006 in 2025
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Scarlett#32Editor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US
• Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”^*

For a brother

• Emery#814Editor’s note Down from #745 in 2015 to #814 in 2025 in the US
• Finnley#757Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1999, with 7 babies
• Emerson#254Editor’s note Up from #300 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 in the US
• Huxley#736“woodland clearing, glade”^*
• Cash#287Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #287 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Lincoln#69“the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Harlow’s. Rank is US 2025.