Harper
#282 most common girls' name of all time · #523 across all names · 5% boys / 95% girls · used 1881–2025
Rank among girls
#282
Rank overall
#523 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
134 of 146
All-time
145,832
Since 2016
91,713
Peak year
2016 #11
Best rank
#9 2018
Girls
Boys
peak 11,102/yr
Harper first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,792 | 77 | 6,869 | #16 |
| 2024 | 7,394 | 92 | 7,486 | #12 |
| 2023 | 7,799 | 127 | 7,926 | #11 |
| 2022 | 8,227 | 139 | 8,366 | #11 |
| 2021 | 8,448 | 149 | 8,597 | #10 |
| 2020 | 8,849 | 149 | 8,998 | #10 |
| 2019 | 10,497 | 202 | 10,699 | #9 |
| 2018 | 10,646 | 214 | 10,860 | #9 |
| 2017 | 10,524 | 286 | 10,810 | #11 |
| 2016 | 10,803 | 299 | 11,102 | #11 |
| 2015 | 10,311 | 341 | 10,652 | #10 |
| 2014 | 9,619 | 328 | 9,947 | #11 |
| 2013 | 8,284 | 366 | 8,650 | #16 |
| 2012 | 7,199 | 416 | 7,615 | #24 |
| 2011 | 4,676 | 402 | 5,078 | #54 |
| 2010 | 2,634 | 341 | 2,975 | #120 |
| 2009 | 1,904 | 316 | 2,220 | #173 |
| 2008 | 1,128 | 248 | 1,376 | #296 |
| 2007 | 729 | 231 | 960 | #440 |
| 2006 | 597 | 195 | 792 | #510 |
| 2005 | 363 | 139 | 502 | #741 |
| 2004 | 274 | 77 | 351 | #888 |
| 2003 | 200 | 72 | 272 | #1,101 |
| 2002 | 164 | 73 | 237 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 176 | 58 | 234 | #1,170 |
| 2000 | 136 | 47 | 183 | #1,370 |
| 1999 | 112 | 44 | 156 | #1,526 |
| 1998 | 93 | 39 | 132 | #1,709 |
| 1997 | 86 | 29 | 115 | #1,757 |
| 1996 | 107 | 39 | 146 | #1,504 |
| 1995 | 53 | 19 | 72 | #2,426 |
| 1994 | 34 | 11 | 45 | #3,312 |
| 1993 | 23 | 14 | 37 | #4,399 |
| 1992 | 21 | 17 | 38 | #4,697 |
| 1991 | 22 | 14 | 36 | #4,506 |
| 1990 | 12 | 11 | 23 | #6,878 |
| 1989 | 11 | 12 | 23 | #6,981 |
| 1988 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #6,692 |
| 1987 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #8,017 |
| 1986 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #7,783 |
| 1985 | 13 | 13 | 26 | #5,371 |
| 1984 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #10,466 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #10,324 |
| 1982 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #8,270 |
| 1981 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #7,445 |
| 1980 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #9,139 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1978 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #5,987 |
| 1977 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #9,721 |
| 1976 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #6,079 |
| 1975 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #7,206 |
| 1974 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #5,794 |
| 1973 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1972 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1971 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #8,376 |
| 1970 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1969 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1968 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1966 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1965 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1964 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
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| 1961 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
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| 1959 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
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| 1956 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
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| 1884 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1883 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1881 | — | 9 | 9 | — |