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Harper

Girl

Origin of the name

Harper was first an English occupational surname: a harp player. The writer Harper Lee bore it.

Rising name

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2016 was its best year: 10,803 births, or 1 baby in 340. The name is holding close to its all-time high. In 2025, it ranked No. 16. 61% of all babies named Harper since 1880 were born in the 2010s.
139,063births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 11rank at its peak, in 2016

Where babies named Harper are born

2016

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The darker the blue, the more common Harper is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Harper is most common in North Dakota (2.7 times), Wyoming (2.6) and South Dakota (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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