Harlee
Harlee is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Harlee Dean, English footballer Harlee McBride, American actress
- English
Meaning & Origin of Harlee
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Harlee is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Harlee Dean, English footballer Harlee McBride, American actress
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Harlee
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Harlee as a girl name dates back to 1950, when 6 babies received it. 2017 was its biggest year on record, with 482 newborns named Harlee — #622 in the national rankings. About 41% of every Harlee on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Harlee ranks #1,033 for girls with 243 births, falling sharply (-34%). All told, over 8K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Harlee as a boy name dates back to 1915, when 5 babies received it. 2010 was its biggest year on record, with 18 newborns named Harlee — #5,045 in the national rankings. About 23% of every Harlee on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Harlee ranks #7,090 for boys with 10 births, gradually rising (+6%). All told, over 499 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Harlee
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Harlee. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Harlee
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About the name Harlee
Harlee is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1950 and has accumulated 8K births in the dataset. Harlee's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #622. Use the chart and map above to compare Harlee's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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