Harper is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #50 for girl births in the United States, given to 6,869 babies. Harper first appears in the data in 1881 and reached its peak in 2016 (11,102 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,869 | #50 |
| 2024 | 7,486 | #40 |
| 2023 | 7,926 | #33 |
| 2022 | 8,366 | #33 |
| 2021 | 8,597 | #33 |
| 2020 | 8,998 | #30 |
| 2019 | 10,699 | #23 |
| 2018 | 10,860 | #24 |
| 2017 | 10,810 | #26 |
| 2016 | 11,102 | #28 |
| 2015 | 10,652 | #37 |
| 2014 | 9,947 | #43 |
| 2013 | 8,650 | #54 |
| 2012 | 7,615 | #72 |
| 2011 | 5,078 | #134 |
| 2010 | 2,975 | #241 |
| 2009 | 2,220 | #323 |
| 2008 | 1,376 | #511 |
| 2007 | 960 | #685 |
| 2006 | 792 | #786 |
| 2005 | 502 | #1,061 |
| 2004 | 351 | #1,347 |
| 2003 | 272 | #1,566 |
| 2002 | 237 | #1,664 |
| 2001 | 234 | #1,675 |
| 2000 | 183 | #1,953 |
| 1999 | 156 | #2,125 |
| 1998 | 132 | #2,324 |
| 1997 | 115 | #2,495 |
| 1996 | 146 | #2,087 |
| 1995 | 72 | #3,223 |
| 1994 | 45 | #4,450 |
| 1993 | 37 | #5,071 |
| 1992 | 38 | #4,933 |
| 1991 | 36 | #5,000 |
| 1990 | 23 | #6,740 |
| 1989 | 23 | #6,517 |
| 1988 | 22 | #6,309 |
| 1987 | 14 | #8,201 |
| 1986 | 16 | #7,322 |
| 1985 | 26 | #5,221 |
| 1984 | 13 | #7,982 |
| 1983 | 15 | #7,188 |
| 1982 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 1981 | 16 | #6,956 |
| 1980 | 16 | #6,952 |
| 1979 | 5 | #14,921 |
| 1978 | 19 | #5,877 |
| 1977 | 14 | #7,131 |
| 1976 | 16 | #6,222 |
| 1975 | 14 | #6,715 |
| 1974 | 14 | #6,495 |
| 1973 | 10 | #7,860 |
| 1972 | 8 | #8,874 |
| 1971 | 22 | #4,727 |
| 1970 | 12 | #6,739 |
| 1969 | 9 | #7,494 |
| 1968 | 13 | #5,712 |
| 1967 | 5 | #9,816 |
| 1966 | 8 | #7,232 |
| 1965 | 7 | #7,829 |
| 1964 | 7 | #8,013 |
| 1963 | 6 | #8,714 |
| 1961 | 7 | #7,908 |
| 1960 | 6 | #8,490 |
| 1959 | 14 | #5,066 |
| 1958 | 7 | #7,452 |
| 1957 | 6 | #8,101 |
| 1956 | 17 | #4,484 |
| 1955 | 10 | #5,852 |
| 1954 | 9 | #6,187 |
| 1953 | 5 | #8,592 |
| 1952 | 13 | #4,853 |
| 1951 | 12 | #4,992 |
| 1950 | 12 | #4,918 |
| 1949 | 11 | #5,112 |
| 1948 | 16 | #4,098 |
| 1947 | 12 | #4,943 |
| 1946 | 9 | #5,475 |
| 1945 | 8 | #5,464 |
| 1944 | 15 | #3,847 |
| 1943 | 7 | #6,108 |
| 1942 | 14 | #4,059 |
| 1941 | 13 | #4,096 |
| 1940 | 10 | #4,649 |
| 1939 | 15 | #3,656 |
| 1938 | 18 | #3,295 |
| 1937 | 12 | #4,159 |
| 1936 | 12 | #4,129 |
| 1935 | 12 | #4,208 |
| 1934 | 15 | #3,683 |
| 1933 | 11 | #4,379 |
| 1932 | 16 | #3,617 |
| 1931 | 11 | #4,508 |
| 1930 | 21 | #3,131 |
| 1929 | 16 | #3,761 |
| 1928 | 18 | #3,592 |
| 1927 | 22 | #3,271 |
| 1926 | 24 | #3,058 |
| 1925 | 21 | #3,365 |
| 1924 | 29 | #2,831 |
| 1923 | 13 | #4,586 |
| 1922 | 31 | #2,668 |
| 1921 | 23 | #3,260 |
| 1920 | 28 | #2,801 |
| 1919 | 16 | #3,901 |
| 1918 | 17 | #3,794 |
| 1917 | 21 | #3,158 |
| 1916 | 17 | #3,554 |
| 1915 | 27 | #2,530 |
| 1914 | 20 | #2,671 |
| 1913 | 16 | #2,666 |
| 1912 | 18 | #2,269 |
| 1910 | 6 | #3,291 |
| 1908 | 6 | #2,870 |
| 1907 | 5 | #3,167 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,869 |
| 1905 | 13 | #1,685 |
| 1900 | 7 | #2,466 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,923 |
| 1898 | 7 | #2,189 |
| 1897 | 6 | #2,231 |
| 1896 | 6 | #2,306 |
| 1895 | 12 | #1,532 |
| 1892 | 5 | #2,408 |
| 1891 | 6 | #2,002 |
| 1890 | 6 | #2,029 |
| 1888 | 5 | #2,217 |
| 1886 | 7 | #1,662 |
| 1885 | 9 | #1,406 |
| 1884 | 7 | #1,624 |
| 1883 | 10 | #1,248 |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,861 |
| 1881 | 9 | #1,223 |