NameTides

Harper

Harper was the #16 girls' name in the US in 2025 (6,792 babies), and #23 in England & Wales and #44 in Canada.

Harper as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Harper as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesIrelandUSCanada
Harper as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#16 (6,792)#23 (1,367)#23 (130)#39 (44)#54 (90)#44 (474)#15 (242)#13 (216)
2024#12 (7,394)#22 (1,461)#21 (149)#84 (25)#63 (86)#36 (524)#7 (287)#11 (252)
2023#11 (7,799)#22 (1,466)#22 (139)#51 (40)#70 (82)#38 (487)#12 (253)#12 (220)
2022#11 (8,227)#27 (1,449)#15 (169)#44 (47)#65 (82)#35 (563)#14 (273)#23 (196)
2021#10 (8,448)#26 (1,480)#25 (144)#38 (52)#60 (98)#35 (601)#18 (256)#19 (224)
2020#10 (8,849)#28 (1,415)#21 (158)#56 (37)#63 (86)#39 (546)#11 (293)#14 (244)
2019#9 (10,497)#29 (1,586)#17 (198)#46 (46)#66 (87)#31 (643)#14 (295)#10 (289)
2018#9 (10,646)#27 (1,796)#17 (191)#46 (46)#53 (112)#31 (653)#9 (325)#17 (218)
2017#11 (10,524)#34 (1,608)#18 (203)#54 (41)#56 (111)#35 (610)#12 (308)#14 (239)
2016#11 (10,803)#44 (1,256)#30 (142)#58 (41)#65 (97)#58 (462)#19 (293)#14 (236)
2015#10 (10,311)#63 (980)#36 (128)#74 (35)#102 (61)#59 (446)#19 (282)#18 (202)
2014#11 (9,619)#89 (623)#71 (75)#129 (19)#164 (35)#62 (419)#24 (251)#24 (168)
2013#16 (8,284)#160 (322)#96 (50)#178 (11)#241 (22)#76 (350)#25 (234)#26 (156)
2012#24 (7,199)#284 (173)#241 (19)#297 (6)#398 (12)#92 (302)#37 (164)#29 (144)
2011#54 (4,676)#858 (42)#515 (6)——#209 (155)#57 (118)#60 (79)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #9.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

How common is it?

about 1 in 240 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 240common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 190very common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 140very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 170very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 230common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 320common

Next year

On its recent trend, Harper is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 240 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 230 to 1 in 250.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Harper by state, 2025Alaska: #18AKMaine: #5MEWisconsin: #11WIVermont: #8VTNew Hampshire: #10NHWashington: #24WAIdaho: #11IDMontana: #6MTNorth Dakota: #11NDMinnesota: #13MNIllinois: #23ILMichigan: #10MINew York: #36NYMassachusetts: #44MAOregon: #13ORNevada: #53NVWyoming: #7WYSouth Dakota: #7SDIowa: #9IAIndiana: #8INOhio: #11OHPennsylvania: #11PANew Jersey: #34NJConnecticut: #22CTRhode Island: #53RICalifornia: #62CAUtah: #18UTColorado: #12CONebraska: #3NEMissouri: #10MOKentucky: #10KYWest Virginia: #4WVVirginia: #18VAMaryland: #26MDDelaware: #18DEArizona: #37AZNew Mexico: #33NMKansas: #8KSArkansas: #7ARTennessee: #8TNNorth Carolina: #14NCSouth Carolina: #12SCDistrict of Columbia: #57DCOklahoma: #8OKLouisiana: #6LAMississippi: #12MSAlabama: #7ALGeorgia: #15GAHawaii: #36HITexas: #39TXFlorida: #38FL
Harper (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#30225
Quebec2025#5917

Harper (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HarperCanadaGirls#44474
HarperCanadaBoys#3,1535
HarperEngland & WalesGirls#231,367
HarperEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
HarperIrelandGirls#5490
HarperIrelandBoys—too few
HarperNorthern IrelandGirls#3944
HarperNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
HarperNSWGirls#15242
HarperScotlandGirls#23130
HarperScotlandBoys—too few
HarperUSGirls#166,792
HarperUSBoys#1,97677
HarperVICGirls#13216