girl's name

Harleen

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 3,927

Scotland

#711

2011 births

Harleen is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 26 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2016, when 119 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 127,518 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1937.

Harleen over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1930s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'30 '40 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Harleen by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1930s 25
1940s 49
1980s 6
1990s 126
2000s 317
2010s 706
2020s (to 2025) 251

How popular is Harleen?

In 2025, Harleen was given to 26 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Harleen is used

Scotland #711 4 in 2011
England & Wales #1,085 31 in 2025
Canada #2,324 9 in 2024
United States #5,013 26 in 2025
France #6,092 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Harleen

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Harleen also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Harleen over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Harleen

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Harleen — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Harleen

How popular is the name Harleen?

In 2025, Harleen was given to 26 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Harleen a girl's or a boy's name?

Harleen is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Harleen most popular?

Harleen peaked in 2016, when 119 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Harleen a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Harleen currently ranks #1,085 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.