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Harlan

Boy name · 11 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Harlan: 11 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to boys, peaking at 4 births in 2020.

Harlan began as a surname rooted in Old English, deriving from either *hoer* ("rocky") and *land*, or *hara* ("hare") and *land* – so the name likely described someone who lived on stony ground or a hare's meadow. Its most famous bearers include the provocative American author Harlan Ellison and the bestselling crime writer Harlan Coben, while U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan lent the name legal gravitas. The surname has given its name to several places, most notably Harlan County in Kentucky and Harlan, Iowa. A common variant is Harland, which

Boy 3 of 52 years

Peak year
20204 babies
Latest (2025)
#7623 babies
Total births
11since 2020
5-year trend
≈ stablevs prior 5y
1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2020 · 4
Births per year in Scotland. Missing years had a count of 2 or fewer (suppressed by NRS).