Harlow
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Harlow
Jean Harlow (born Harlean Carpenter), the original platinum blonde bombshell, was a symbol of 1930s glamour, a factor that first Patricia Arquette and then Nicole Richie and Joel Madden probably had in mind when they gave their daughters the distinctive surname name Harlow.
Harlow for girls#309 US
It hit the Top 1000 for the first time in 2009, one year after the arrival of Ms. Madden. Harlow would fit right in with contemporaries Arlo and Marlow(e).
Harlow for boys#1214 US
A glamorous surname name most famously borne by 1930s icon Jean Harlow (born Harlean Carpenter), Harlow is also the name of a town in the English county of Essex. Outside of the UK, Harlow would fit right in with contemporaries Arlo and Marlow(e).
Pronounced HAR-loh.
As of October 2026, Harlow ranked #309 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #237 in 2023, Nameberry popularity #390.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #509 | 611 | #3,172 | 35 |
| 2015 | #422 | 759 | #4,211 | 24 |
| 2016 | #420 | 786 | #3,250 | 35 |
| 2017 | #390 | 798 | #3,085 | 38 |
| 2018 | #366 | 863 | #2,719 | 45 |
| 2019 | #316 | 1,009 | #2,777 | 45 |
| 2020 | #323 | 959 | #2,244 | 61 |
| 2021 | #237 | 1,278 | #1,818 | 86 |
| 2022 | #263 | 1,199 | #1,201 | 166 |
| 2023 | #237 | 1,273 | #1,151 | 182 |
| 2024 | #293 | 1,079 | #1,251 | 158 |
| 2025 | #309 | 981 | #1,214 | 167 |
World rankings
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Famous Harlows
- Harlean Harlow CarpenterGirl
birth name of Jean Harlow, American actress
- Harlow Olivia Calliope Jane (b. 2003)Girl
daughter of actors Patricia Arquette and Thomas Jane
- Harlow Andrus (b. 2006)Girl
daughter of actress Nancy McKeon and Marc Andrus
- Harlow Winter Kate Madden (b. 2008)Girl
daughter of musician Joel Madden and TV personality/designer Nicole Richie
- Harlow Hexum (b. 2014)Girl
daughter of singer Nick Hexum of band 311
- Harlow Bourque (b. 2015)Girl
daughter of ice hockey player Chris Bourque
- Harlow Monroe Harvey (b. 2015)Girl
daughter of singer Kimberly Caldwell and Jordan Harvey
- Shalom HarlowGirl
Canadian supermodel
- Winnie Harlow (born Chantelle BrownGirl
Young), Canadian model
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- Harlow Herbert CurticeBoy
American former CEO of GM
- Harlow Giles UngerBoy
American historian
- Jackman Thomas “Jack” HarlowBoy
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- Harlow JudahBoy
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Harlow in pop culture
- HarlowGirl
character in 'We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves' by Karen Joy Fowler
- Clarissa HarloweGirl
the saintly young heroine of Samuel Richardson's 'Clarissa' (1748)
- HarlowGirl
various places in England
- Means 'mound of the people" or 'protector of the people'. Mound is from Old English mund (handGirl
hand of protection, protector, guardianship
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- Harlow EdisonBoy
character from the 1959 film "The Gazebo"