Harper
Rank in 2025
#16
recorded as girls
#1976
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
6,869
girls 6,792 · boys 77
Peak year
2018
10,646 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
145,832
since 1881
Born a Harper? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Harper was most popular in 2018, when 10,646 babies recorded as girls got the name (6.3 per 1,000). In 2025, 6,792 babies were named Harper, ranking #16 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 24%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,792 | 16 | 77 | 1976 |
| 2024 | 7,394 | 12 | 92 | 1776 |
| 2023 | 7,799 | 11 | 127 | 1432 |
| 2022 | 8,227 | 11 | 139 | 1347 |
| 2021 | 8,448 | 10 | 149 | 1273 |
| 2020 | 8,849 | 10 | 149 | 1245 |
| 2019 | 10,497 | 9 | 202 | 1028 |
| 2018 | 10,646 | 9 | 214 | 970 |
| 2017 | 10,524 | 11 | 286 | 798 |
| 2016 | 10,803 | 11 | 299 | 791 |
| 2015 | 10,311 | 10 | 341 | 722 |
| 2014 | 9,619 | 11 | 328 | 730 |
| 2013 | 8,284 | 16 | 366 | 661 |
| 2012 | 7,199 | 24 | 416 | 606 |
| 2011 | 4,676 | 54 | 402 | 607 |
| 2010 | 2,634 | 120 | 341 | 689 |
| 2009 | 1,904 | 173 | 316 | 737 |
| 2008 | 1,128 | 296 | 248 | 855 |
| 2007 | 729 | 440 | 231 | 879 |
| 2006 | 597 | 510 | 195 | 954 |
| 2005 | 363 | 741 | 139 | 1150 |
| 2004 | 274 | 887 | 77 | 1671 |
| 2003 | 200 | 1100 | 72 | 1702 |
| 2002 | 164 | 1224 | 73 | 1636 |
| 2001 | 176 | 1170 | 58 | 1893 |
| 2000 | 136 | 1369 | 47 | 2136 |
| 1999 | 112 | 1525 | 44 | 2140 |
| 1998 | 93 | 1709 | 39 | 2274 |
| 1997 | 86 | 1757 | 29 | 2680 |
| 1996 | 107 | 1503 | 39 | 2145 |
| 1995 | 53 | 2421 | 19 | 3432 |
| 1994 | 34 | 3302 | 11 | 5109 |
| 1993 | 23 | 4393 | 14 | 4227 |
| 1992 | 21 | 4686 | 17 | 3604 |
| 1991 | 22 | 4497 | 14 | 4005 |
| 1990 | 12 | 6867 | 11 | 4673 |
| 1989 | 11 | 6955 | 12 | 4271 |
| 1988 | 11 | 6666 | 11 | 4162 |
| 1987 | 8 | 7987 | 6 | 6089 |
| 1986 | 8 | 7749 | 8 | 4853 |
| 1985 | 13 | 5348 | 13 | 3401 |
| 1984 | 5 | 10422 | 8 | 4552 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10275 | 10 | 3884 |
| 1982 | 7 | 8224 | 9 | 4234 |
| 1981 | 8 | 7409 | 8 | 4509 |
| 1980 | 6 | 9095 | 10 | 3838 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 5 | 6056 |
| 1978 | 10 | 5958 | 9 | 3857 |
| 1977 | 5 | 9652 | 9 | 3836 |
| 1976 | 9 | 6048 | 7 | 4418 |
| 1975 | 7 | 7173 | 7 | 4309 |
| 1974 | 9 | 5776 | 5 | 5227 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 10 | 3223 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 8 | 3622 |
| 1971 | 5 | 8324 | 17 | 2279 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 12 | 2739 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 9 | 3062 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 13 | 2311 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 5 | 3966 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 8 | 2986 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 7 | 3244 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 7 | 3282 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 6 | 3646 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 7 | 3356 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 6 | 3665 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 14 | 2200 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 7 | 3275 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 6 | 3552 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 17 | 1945 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 10 | 2558 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 9 | 2743 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 5 | 3798 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 13 | 2153 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 12 | 2246 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 12 | 2207 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 11 | 2337 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 16 | 1881 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 12 | 2251 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 9 | 2534 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 8 | 2574 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 15 | 1810 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 7 | 2964 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 14 | 1946 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 13 | 1997 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 10 | 2322 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 15 | 1795 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 18 | 1613 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 12 | 2088 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 12 | 2062 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 12 | 2127 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 15 | 1860 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 11 | 2214 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 16 | 1848 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 11 | 2328 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 21 | 1602 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 16 | 1933 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 18 | 1822 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 22 | 1647 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 24 | 1515 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 21 | 1679 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 29 | 1380 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 13 | 2331 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 31 | 1308 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 23 | 1588 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 28 | 1382 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 16 | 1973 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 17 | 1905 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 21 | 1587 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 17 | 1771 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 27 | 1265 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 20 | 1342 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 16 | 1311 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 18 | 1095 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 6 | 1421 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 6 | 1217 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 5 | 1345 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 11 | 752 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 13 | 666 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 7 | 1050 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 8 | 786 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 7 | 885 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 6 | 942 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 6 | 982 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 12 | 609 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 5 | 1066 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 6 | 841 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 6 | 884 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 5 | 1031 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 7 | 758 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 9 | 641 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 7 | 764 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 10 | 597 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 5 | 943 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 9 | 595 |
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Where Harper is most popular
- Vermont3.0×
- Wyoming2.9×
- Maine2.2×
- North Dakota2.2×
- South Dakota2.1×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 95% · boys 5% across all years