Harlem Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, Boy Names Like Harlem

Harlem Name Origin: Dutch
Pronunciation: harr-lem
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Harlem Name Meaning

Like Bronx, Harlem is a name with New York City ties and plenty of style. He has the grit parents love in a name along with softness in sound, wearing well on today’s playgrounds.

Harlem Name Popularity

How popular is the name Harlem? Here’s everything we know.

Year	Rank	# Births	% Births
1910	—	0	0%
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2005	—	5	0.0003%
2006	—	14	0.0009%
2007	—	6	0.0004%
2008	—	14	0.0009%
2009	—	46	0.0031%
2010	—	56	0.0039%
2011	—	39	0.0027%
2012	—	43	0.003%
2013	—	109	0.0077%
2014	—	160	0.011%
2015	—	165	0.0113%
2016	—	141	0.0098%
2017	—	131	0.0094%
2018	—	167	0.0122%
2019	—	206	0.0152%
2020	886	200	0.0157%
2021	904	202	0.0165%
2022	930	196	0.0149%

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Names Like Harlem

If you like Harlem, you’ll love these other names like Harlem.

What names sound like Harlem?

If you like how Harlem sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Harlem.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Harden	Valley of the hares	English
Harding	Son of the courageous one	English
Hardwick	Courageous one's settlement	English
Hardwin	Courageous friend	English
Harlan	Army land	English
Harlee	Hare meadow; the long field	English
Harleigh	Hare meadow; the long field	English
Harlen	Army land	English
Harley	Hare meadow; the long field	English
Harlow	Army hill	English

What names are similar to Harlem?

Find a name that’s like Harlem, but just a little bit different.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Brentley	Hill, mount	English
Bronx	Bronck's Land	American
Camden	Valley	English
Denver	Green valley	French

Flynn	Ruddy-complected	Irish
Hudson	Son of Hudd	English
London	From the great river	English
Reuben	Behold, a son	Hebrew
Trenton	Trent's town	English
York	Boar settlement; yew settlement	English

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3 Comments

MzTaz23 Sep 5 at 8:49 am

How old is your child ? I want to name my baby Harlem but the father does not like just curious on how ppl reacted to your babies name

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Rachel Mar 18 at 5:26 pm

He being care by the best hospital ? ever been that he was born early

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Ineke Jun 29 at 10:50 am

The father chose the name Harlem because of him being from Harlem. He chose the name of it only because this is his birthplace, but because of the history that comes from Harlem. This is our only child together but makes baby #3 for both of us!!!

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