US baby names · Girls · 1880–2025
Harper: name popularity by year
How often US parents chose Harper for a baby girl, year by year, from Social Security Administration records. When it peaked, how long it stayed in the top 10, and which generation it belongs to.
Harper was one of the 10 most common girls' names in the US in 5 years, between 2015 and 2021, reaching #9. Births peaked in 2016, when 10,803 baby girls were named Harper, so by peak year it is a Generation Alpha name.
Harper in the US top 10, by year
Rank among girls' names, #1 at the top. Blank years: outside the top 10. Dashed line: the year with the most babies named Harper (2016).
Top-10 years by generation
| Generation | Years in top 10 | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| Generation Alpha | 5 (2015–2021) | #9 |
Every top-10 year
Questions people ask
When was the name Harper most popular?
By number of babies, in 2016, when 10,803 girls were given the name. By rank, it reached #9 and spent 5 years in the top 10.
What generation is the name Harper?
Its peak year, 2016, falls in Generation Alpha (2010–2024). Its 5 top-10 years fall in: Generation Alpha (5).
How many people have been named Harper?
SSA counted 139,063 girls named Harper born from 1880 to 2025. That is births, not people alive today, and it misses many people born before 1937 who never applied for a Social Security card.
In the top 10 at the same time
Source: US Social Security Administration baby-name data, from Social Security card applications for births in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, 1880–2025. Many people born before 1937 never applied for a card, so early years undercount. Spellings are counted separately. We hold each year's top 10 in rank order and each name's peak-year and all-time counts, so the chart shows rank rather than births per year. This page gives no meaning or origin for the name and no estimate of how many people named Harper are alive today.