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How popular is the name Harper?
Births per year, rank history and how many Harpers are alive today.
Harper (female) is currently the 23rd most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 1,367 babies given the name in 2025. The name peaked in 2018, when 1,796 babies were given the name, the 27th most popular that year. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 17,000 babies have been named Harper in England and Wales since 2001.
The Harper you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Harpers born in England and Wales are between 3 and 9, and there are at least 17,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 5.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Harper.
How many babies are named Harper each year?
Where does Harper rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Harper most popular?
Harper peaked in 2018, when 1,796 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Harper?
At least 17,000 people named Harper born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Harper?
Most living Harpers are between 3 and 9; the most common age is about 8.
Is Harper becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.