Harper-Lee

Harper-Lee was the #4,867 girls' name in England & Wales in 2025 (4 babies).

Harper-Lee as a girl’s name

  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
Harper-Lee as a girl’s name, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1974–2025, for England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.219801990200020102020England & Wales
Harper-Lee as a girl’s name, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1974–2025, for England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.2198020002020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearEngland & WalesScotland
2025#4,867 (4)—
2024#4,844 (4)—
2023#3,219 (7)—
2022#5,670 (3)—
2021#4,634 (4)—
2020#3,117 (7)—
2019#2,869 (8)—
2018#4,684 (4)—
2017#2,706 (9)#808 (3)
2016#3,214 (7)—
2015#4,736 (4)—
2014#5,691 (3)—

Harper-Lee as a boy’s name

  • England & Wales
Harper-Lee as a boy’s name, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1996–2025, for England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.02200020052010201520202025
Harper-Lee as a boy’s name, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1996–2025, for England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.02200020102020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearEngland & Wales
2018#4,749 (3)
2017#4,812 (3)
2016#4,810 (3)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2017 at #2,706.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in England & Wales in 2014.

How common is it?

about 1 in 63,000 baby girls in the published England & Wales list for 2025.

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

Next year

On its recent trend, Harper-Lee is likely to keep rising in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 53,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 26,000 to 1 in 110,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.