Fun Facts About the Name Harlee
- More than 8 thousand babies named Harlee: U.S. records list 8,495 babies given the name Harlee from 1880 through 2025. Even 479 boys received the name Harlee - about 1 boy for every 17 girls.
What Does the Name Harlee Mean?
Harlee is a spelling variant of Harley, an English name meaning "hare's meadow" or "hare's clearing." It goes back to an English place name formed from the Old English elements hara, "hare," and lēah, "wood," "clearing," or "meadow." Taken literally, it describes a clearing or stretch of woodland where hares were found.
A less common reading treats the first element not as hara but as a word meaning "gray" or "rocky," which would give a sense closer to "gray clearing." The hare explanation is the one given in most name references, but the first element of the underlying place name is not established beyond dispute.
Harlee Name History & Origins
Harley began as an English surname taken from one or more places of that name in England, including Harley in Shropshire and Harley in what is now South Yorkshire. Landholders at those places took the name as a surname, and the surname appears in English records from the Middle Ages onward. Harley Street in Marylebone, London, takes its name from the Harley family; the street was laid out in the 18th century and later became a byword for private medical consulting rooms.
Harley has long been used as a given name in the English-speaking world, chiefly for boys, and it has also been given to girls, especially from the later 20th century. The spelling Harlee belongs to a wider modern English pattern in which surname-style names are respelled with a final -ee or -lee, as in Haylee, Kaylee, Bailee, and Rylee. Harlee has no separate origin of its own; it is a respelling of Harley.
The name is also familiar from the DC Comics character Harley Quinn, introduced in the 1990s. That is a modern fictional association and is distinct from the name's English place-name origin.
How Popular is the Name Harlee?
Harlee recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2017. Its best rank was #622 in 2017.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,048 | 237 | 0.0147% |
| 2024 | #980 | 264 | 0.0164% |
| 2023 | #914 | 290 | 0.0181% |
| 2022 | #873 | 318 | 0.0194% |
| 2021 | #780 | 363 | 0.0221% |
| 2020 | #748 | 364 | 0.0225% |
| 2019 | #725 | 390 | 0.0232% |
| 2018 | #631 | 473 | 0.0278% |
| 2017 | #622 | 482 | 0.0279% |
| 2016 | #639 | 464 | 0.0262% |
| 2015 | #842 | 333 | 0.0187% |
| 2014 | #901 | 302 | 0.0169% |
| 2013 | #950 | 267 | 0.0152% |
| 2012 | #963 | 265 | 0.0151% |
| 2011 | #1,128 | 217 | 0.0123% |
| 2010 | #1,142 | 214 | 0.0120% |
| 2009 | #1,160 | 217 | 0.0118% |
| 2008 | #1,171 | 219 | 0.0116% |
| 2007 | #1,220 | 205 | 0.0107% |
| 2006 | #1,224 | 197 | 0.0104% |
| 2005 | #1,097 | 217 | 0.0117% |
| 2004 | #1,181 | 190 | 0.0103% |
| 2003 | #1,262 | 166 | 0.0091% |
| 2002 | #1,231 | 163 | 0.0091% |
| 2001 | #1,405 | 135 | 0.0075% |
| 2000 | #1,258 | 156 | 0.0086% |
| 1999 | #1,301 | 140 | 0.0079% |
| 1998 | #1,446 | 118 | 0.0067% |
| 1997 | #1,519 | 107 | 0.0061% |
| 1996 | #1,542 | 103 | 0.0059% |
| 1995 | #1,496 | 106 | 0.0060% |
| 1994 | #1,306 | 130 | 0.0073% |
| 1993 | #1,821 | 80 | 0.0044% |
| 1992 | #2,227 | 60 | 0.0033% |
| 1991 | #3,753 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1990 | #5,927 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1989 | #7,634 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #11,075 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #4,951 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #7,923 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #8,479 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #6,263 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2021 | #7,793 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #7,714 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #10,114 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #7,299 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #6,841 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #5,198 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2015 | #7,687 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #7,757 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #8,352 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #8,400 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #7,165 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #5,112 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2009 | #7,381 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2008 | #9,289 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #11,426 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #7,624 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #5,113 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #6,274 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #5,666 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2002 | #7,247 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #7,123 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2000 | #9,525 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #7,410 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #10,195 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #4,075 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1995 | #7,284 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #4,902 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1993 | #5,139 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #7,810 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #7,377 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #4,275 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1952 | #3,957 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1949 | #3,479 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1947 | #2,754 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1945 | #3,502 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1944 | #3,623 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1934 | #2,635 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1933 | #3,872 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1932 | #3,541 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1929 | #4,226 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1928 | #4,390 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1927 | #4,438 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1926 | #3,911 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1925 | #4,511 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1924 | #4,080 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1923 | #2,837 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1922 | #3,372 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1921 | #4,065 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1920 | #3,333 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1919 | #3,554 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1917 | #4,231 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1916 | #4,174 | 5 | 0.0006% |
| 1915 | #4,071 | 5 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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