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Harlen

boy name
Origin
English
Syllables
2
Peak era
2010s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

variant of Harlan, an English surname/place name meaning 'hare land'

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Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 2010s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Harlen peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

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Popularity in Brazil

480 people · the #13,783 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 500,000 · median age 36

1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s

Among people named Harlen living in Brazil at the 2022 census, roughly as many were born in the 1970s as in the 1980s, more than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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