Meaning not yet researched.
Harper: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 6,792 in 2025. Its best rank was #9 in 2019.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #9 in 2019; #16 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Harper in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#16 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2019, at #9.
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Harper: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 6,792 girls in 2025. Peak: #9 in 2019 · most girls in one year: 10,803 (2016).
In 2025, 6,792 US girls were named Harper, making it the 16th most common girls’ name of the year, down 4 places from #12 in 2024. That is 602 fewer than the 7,394 girls named Harper in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #9, reached in 2019. The most girls given the name in a single year was 10,803, in 2016. For comparison, it was #10 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Harper in 134 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 9 babies. In all, 145,832 US babies have been given the name, 95% of them girls and 4.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 88,388 babies named Harper.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 89,979 US girls were named Harper; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 10,803. In 2025 that was about 1 in 237 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Harper ranked highest in Nebraska in 2025, at #3 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 51 states (counting DC). Rarer spellings such as Harpyr and Harpar are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Harpyr (11), Harpar (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Harper in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 80 | #3 | #3 |
| West Virginia | 62 | #4 | #4 |
| Maine | 43 | #5 | #5 |
| Montana | 36 | #6 | #3 |
| Louisiana | 119 | #6 | #6 |
| Alabama | 150 | #7 | #4 |
| Indiana | 195 | #8 | #4 |
| Tennessee | 220 | #8 | #4 |
| Kansas | 103 | #8 | #4 |
| Arkansas | 83 | #8 | #5 |
| Oklahoma | 109 | #8 | #7 |
| South Dakota | 31 | #8 | #1 |
| Wyoming | 14 | #9 | #2 |
| Iowa | 98 | #9 | #3 |
| Missouri | 176 | #10 | #4 |
| Kentucky | 147 | #10 | #4 |
| Vermont | 16 | #10 | #3 |
| Michigan | 235 | #10 | #6 |
| Wisconsin | 158 | #11 | #5 |
| New Hampshire | 49 | #11 | #9 |
| Pennsylvania | 296 | #11 | #13 |
| Idaho | 63 | #11 | #5 |
| Ohio | 288 | #11 | #5 |
| North Dakota | 26 | #12 | #4 |
| Colorado | 150 | #12 | #10 |
| Mississippi | 59 | #12 | #19 |
| South Carolina | 125 | #12 | #7 |
| Oregon | 84 | #13 | #10 |
| Minnesota | 150 | #13 | #7 |
| North Carolina | 267 | #14 | #8 |
| Georgia | 226 | #15 | #10 |
| Utah | 110 | #18 | #5 |
| Virginia | 185 | #18 | #10 |
| Delaware | 20 | #19 | #23 |
| Alaska | 17 | #21 | #7 |
| Connecticut | 76 | #22 | #16 |
| Illinois | 210 | #24 | #17 |
| Washington | 145 | #24 | #11 |
| Maryland | 98 | #26 | #11 |
| New Jersey | 167 | #34 | #36 |
| New Mexico | 25 | #36 | #49 |
| Hawaii | 13 | #37 | #18 |
| New York | 296 | #37 | #23 |
| Florida | 320 | #38 | #16 |
| Arizona | 115 | #38 | #19 |
| Texas | 543 | #39 | #19 |
| Massachusetts | 106 | #45 | #23 |
| Nevada | 33 | #54 | #24 |
| Rhode Island | 14 | #55 | #29 |
| District of Columbia | 11 | #60 | #38 |
| California | 430 | #62 | #43 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,792 | #16 | 77 | #1,980 |
| 2024 | 7,394 | #12 | 92 | #1,783 |
| 2023 | 7,799 | #11 | 127 | #1,435 |
| 2022 | 8,227 | #11 | 139 | #1,347 |
| 2021 | 8,448 | #10 | 149 | #1,275 |
| 2020 | 8,849 | #10 | 149 | #1,246 |
| 2019 | 10,497 | #9 | 202 | #1,029 |
| 2018 | 10,646 | #9 | 214 | #973 |
| 2017 | 10,524 | #11 | 286 | #801 |
| 2016 | 10,803 | #11 | 299 | #791 |
| 2015 | 10,311 | #10 | 341 | #724 |
| 2014 | 9,619 | #11 | 328 | #730 |
| 2013 | 8,284 | #16 | 366 | #662 |
| 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 | #856 |
| 2007 | 729 | #440 | 231 | #879 |
| 2006 | 597 | #510 | 195 | #955 |
| 2005 | 363 | #743 | 139 | #1,153 |
| 2004 | 274 | #887 | 77 | #1,679 |
| 2003 | 200 | #1,103 | 72 | #1,705 |
| 2002 | 164 | #1,225 | 73 | #1,639 |
| 2001 | 176 | #1,172 | 58 | #1,899 |
| 2000 | 136 | #1,370 | 47 | #2,153 |
| 1999 | 112 | #1,527 | 44 | #2,147 |
| 1998 | 93 | #1,715 | 39 | #2,290 |
| 1997 | 86 | #1,759 | 29 | #2,699 |
| 1996 | 107 | #1,504 | 39 | #2,160 |
| 1995 | 53 | #2,432 | 19 | #3,477 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,320 | 11 | #5,219 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,437 | 14 | #4,323 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,742 | 17 | #3,665 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,550 | 14 | #4,086 |
| 1990 | 12 | #7,028 | 11 | #4,801 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,141 | 12 | #4,372 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,805 | 11 | #4,282 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,258 | 6 | #6,403 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,993 | 8 | #5,043 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,462 | 13 | #3,483 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,996 | 8 | #4,714 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,841 | 10 | #3,978 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,543 | 9 | #4,364 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,641 | 8 | #4,689 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,492 | 10 | #3,955 |
| 1979 | — | — | 5 | #6,424 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,098 | 9 | #3,974 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,156 | 9 | #3,958 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,228 | 7 | #4,602 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,428 | 7 | #4,506 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,923 | 5 | #5,517 |
| 1973 | — | — | 10 | #3,301 |
| 1972 | — | — | 8 | #3,765 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,771 | 17 | #2,315 |
| 1970 | — | — | 12 | #2,790 |
| 1969 | — | — | 9 | #3,163 |
| 1968 | — | — | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1967 | — | — | 5 | #4,205 |
| 1966 | — | — | 8 | #3,088 |
| 1965 | — | — | 7 | #3,372 |
| 1964 | — | — | 7 | #3,411 |
| 1963 | — | — | 6 | #3,795 |
| 1961 | — | — | 7 | #3,489 |
| 1960 | — | — | 6 | #3,813 |
| 1959 | — | — | 14 | #2,240 |
| 1958 | — | — | 7 | #3,388 |
| 1957 | — | — | 6 | #3,730 |
| 1956 | — | — | 17 | #1,968 |
| 1955 | — | — | 10 | #2,654 |
| 1954 | — | — | 9 | #2,832 |
| 1953 | — | — | 5 | #4,037 |
| 1952 | — | — | 13 | #2,197 |
| 1951 | — | — | 12 | #2,297 |
| 1950 | — | — | 12 | #2,261 |
| 1949 | — | — | 11 | #2,393 |
| 1948 | — | — | 16 | #1,908 |
| 1947 | — | — | 12 | #2,299 |
| 1946 | — | — | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1945 | — | — | 8 | #2,649 |
| 1944 | — | — | 15 | #1,844 |
| 1943 | — | — | 7 | #3,070 |
| 1942 | — | — | 14 | #1,988 |
| 1941 | — | — | 13 | #2,037 |
| 1940 | — | — | 10 | #2,386 |
| 1939 | — | — | 15 | #1,829 |
| 1938 | — | — | 18 | #1,640 |
| 1937 | — | — | 12 | #2,131 |
| 1936 | — | — | 12 | #2,115 |
| 1935 | — | — | 12 | #2,179 |
| 1934 | — | — | 15 | #1,887 |
| 1933 | — | — | 11 | #2,279 |
| 1932 | — | — | 16 | #1,877 |
| 1931 | — | — | 11 | #2,383 |
| 1930 | — | — | 21 | #1,617 |
| 1929 | — | — | 16 | #1,959 |
| 1928 | — | — | 18 | #1,862 |
| 1927 | — | — | 22 | #1,668 |
| 1926 | — | — | 24 | #1,536 |
| 1925 | — | — | 21 | #1,705 |
| 1924 | — | — | 29 | #1,392 |
| 1923 | — | — | 13 | #2,383 |
| 1922 | — | — | 31 | #1,320 |
| 1921 | — | — | 23 | #1,611 |
| 1920 | — | — | 28 | #1,402 |
| 1919 | — | — | 16 | #2,013 |
| 1918 | — | — | 17 | #1,944 |
| 1917 | — | — | 21 | #1,611 |
| 1916 | — | — | 17 | #1,802 |
| 1915 | — | — | 27 | #1,284 |
| 1914 | — | — | 20 | #1,360 |
| 1913 | — | — | 16 | #1,341 |
| 1912 | — | — | 18 | #1,116 |
| 1910 | — | — | 6 | #1,489 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,288 |
| 1907 | — | — | 5 | #1,424 |
| 1906 | — | — | 11 | #779 |
| 1905 | — | — | 13 | #683 |
| 1900 | — | — | 7 | #1,095 |
| 1899 | — | — | 8 | #817 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #929 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #996 |
| 1896 | — | — | 6 | #1,038 |
| 1895 | — | — | 12 | #622 |
| 1892 | — | — | 5 | #1,147 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #898 |
| 1890 | — | — | 6 | #934 |
| 1888 | — | — | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1886 | — | — | 7 | #798 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #667 |
| 1884 | — | — | 7 | #809 |
| 1883 | — | — | 10 | #614 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #1,003 |
| 1881 | — | — | 9 | #623 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).