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Harper

US babies given the name, 1880–2025, from SSA records

In 2025, 6,792 girls were named Harper: #16 among girls' names that year. The most girls in one year was 10,803, in 2016.

Babies named Harper each year

GirlsBoys
Harper: babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, girls and boys. Peak 2016 with 11,102.03.8k7.5k11.3k15k18801900192019401960198020002020

Both lines are drawn because the SSA files list Harper for girls and for boys; they share one scale, so the smaller line can sit close to the floor. A break in a line is a year under the SSA's 5-birth floor, not a drop to zero.

Babies in 2025Girls 6,792
Boys 77Rank: girls #16, boys #1,980
Peak year, both sexes201611,102 babies that year (girls + boys)
Peak year by sexGirls 2016: 10,803
Boys 2012: 416The single year with the most babies of that sex
Highest rank everGirls #9 in 2018
Boys #606 in 2012Earliest year it reached that rank
All-time recorded births145,832Every listed year, 1880–2025: girls 139,063, boys 6,769
Years listedGirls 52 of 146
Boys 134 of 146Years with 5 or more babies of that sex

Where it is most popular (2025)

Girls named Harper

Most girls by count: Texas (543), California (430) and Florida (320). Listed in 51 of the 51 state files (50 states and DC).

Alaska: 17 girls, 10.3 per 1,000AK10.3Alabama: 150 girls, 8.19 per 1,000AL8.19Arkansas: 83 girls, 7.84 per 1,000AR7.84Arizona: 115 girls, 4.08 per 1,000AZ4.08California: 430 girls, 2.66 per 1,000CA2.66Colorado: 150 girls, 6.43 per 1,000CO6.43Connecticut: 76 girls, 6.61 per 1,000CT6.61District of Columbia: 11 girls, 5.45 per 1,000DC5.45Delaware: 20 girls, 8.87 per 1,000DE8.87Florida: 320 girls, 3.69 per 1,000FL3.69Georgia: 226 girls, 5.00 per 1,000GA5.00Hawaii: 13 girls, 6.06 per 1,000HI6.06Iowa: 98 girls, 8.32 per 1,000IA8.32Idaho: 63 girls, 8.79 per 1,000ID8.79Illinois: 210 girls, 4.74 per 1,000IL4.74Indiana: 195 girls, 6.99 per 1,000IN6.99Kansas: 103 girls, 8.72 per 1,000KS8.72Kentucky: 147 girls, 8.52 per 1,000KY8.52Louisiana: 119 girls, 7.27 per 1,000LA7.27Massachusetts: 106 girls, 4.41 per 1,000MA4.41Maryland: 98 girls, 4.90 per 1,000MD4.90Maine: 43 girls, 13.8 per 1,000ME13.8Michigan: 235 girls, 6.58 per 1,000MI6.58Minnesota: 150 girls, 6.98 per 1,000MN6.98Missouri: 176 girls, 7.24 per 1,000MO7.24Mississippi: 59 girls, 6.63 per 1,000MS6.63Montana: 36 girls, 12.7 per 1,000MT12.7North Carolina: 267 girls, 5.74 per 1,000NC5.74North Dakota: 26 girls, 9.63 per 1,000ND9.63Nebraska: 80 girls, 11.3 per 1,000NE11.3New Hampshire: 49 girls, 12.9 per 1,000NH12.9New Jersey: 167 girls, 4.70 per 1,000NJ4.70New Mexico: 25 girls, 5.35 per 1,000NM5.35Nevada: 33 girls, 3.59 per 1,000NV3.59New York: 296 girls, 3.78 per 1,000NY3.78Ohio: 288 girls, 6.09 per 1,000OH6.09Oklahoma: 109 girls, 7.37 per 1,000OK7.37Oregon: 84 girls, 6.44 per 1,000OR6.44Pennsylvania: 296 girls, 6.34 per 1,000PA6.34Rhode Island: 14 girls, 5.71 per 1,000RI5.71South Carolina: 125 girls, 6.83 per 1,000SC6.83South Dakota: 31 girls, 10.2 per 1,000SD10.2Tennessee: 220 girls, 6.86 per 1,000TN6.86Texas: 543 girls, 3.38 per 1,000TX3.38Utah: 110 girls, 6.44 per 1,000UT6.44Virginia: 185 girls, 5.48 per 1,000VA5.48Vermont: 16 girls, 16.4 per 1,000VT16.4Washington: 145 girls, 5.02 per 1,000WA5.02Wisconsin: 158 girls, 7.80 per 1,000WI7.80West Virginia: 62 girls, 12.2 per 1,000WV12.2Wyoming: 14 girls, 17.3 per 1,000WY17.3

Each tile shows girls named Harper per 1,000 girls in that state. Shading splits the listed states into five equal-sized groups by share, from the lowest (2.66) to the highest (17.3); a dashed tile is fewer than 5 or not listed.

Top 10 states by share, girls named Harper, 2025
#StatePer 1,000 girlsBabies
1Wyoming17.314
2Vermont16.416
3Maine13.843
4New Hampshire12.949
5Montana12.736
6West Virginia12.262
7Nebraska11.380
8Alaska10.317
9South Dakota10.231
10North Dakota9.6326

Boys named Harper

Most boys by count: North Carolina (8), Texas (6) and Pennsylvania (5). Listed in 3 of the 51 state files (50 states and DC); in the other 48 it is fewer than 5 or not listed.

Alaska: fewer than 5 or not listedAK–Alabama: fewer than 5 or not listedAL–Arkansas: fewer than 5 or not listedAR–Arizona: fewer than 5 or not listedAZ–California: fewer than 5 or not listedCA–Colorado: fewer than 5 or not listedCO–Connecticut: fewer than 5 or not listedCT–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 or not listedDC–Delaware: fewer than 5 or not listedDE–Florida: fewer than 5 or not listedFL–Georgia: fewer than 5 or not listedGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 or not listedHI–Iowa: fewer than 5 or not listedIA–Idaho: fewer than 5 or not listedID–Illinois: fewer than 5 or not listedIL–Indiana: fewer than 5 or not listedIN–Kansas: fewer than 5 or not listedKS–Kentucky: fewer than 5 or not listedKY–Louisiana: fewer than 5 or not listedLA–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 or not listedMA–Maryland: fewer than 5 or not listedMD–Maine: fewer than 5 or not listedME–Michigan: fewer than 5 or not listedMI–Minnesota: fewer than 5 or not listedMN–Missouri: fewer than 5 or not listedMO–Mississippi: fewer than 5 or not listedMS–Montana: fewer than 5 or not listedMT–North Carolina: 8 boys, 0.16 per 1,000NC0.16North Dakota: fewer than 5 or not listedND–Nebraska: fewer than 5 or not listedNE–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 or not listedNH–New Jersey: fewer than 5 or not listedNJ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 or not listedNM–Nevada: fewer than 5 or not listedNV–New York: fewer than 5 or not listedNY–Ohio: fewer than 5 or not listedOH–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 or not listedOK–Oregon: fewer than 5 or not listedOR–Pennsylvania: 5 boys, 0.10 per 1,000PA0.10Rhode Island: fewer than 5 or not listedRI–South Carolina: fewer than 5 or not listedSC–South Dakota: fewer than 5 or not listedSD–Tennessee: fewer than 5 or not listedTN–Texas: 6 boys, 0.03 per 1,000TX0.03Utah: fewer than 5 or not listedUT–Virginia: fewer than 5 or not listedVA–Vermont: fewer than 5 or not listedVT–Washington: fewer than 5 or not listedWA–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 or not listedWI–West Virginia: fewer than 5 or not listedWV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 or not listedWY–

Each tile shows boys named Harper per 1,000 boys in that state. Shading splits the listed states into five equal-sized groups by share, from the lowest (0.03) to the highest (0.16); a dashed tile is fewer than 5 or not listed.

Top 3 states by share, boys named Harper, 2025
#StatePer 1,000 boysBabies
1North Carolina0.168
2Pennsylvania0.105
3Texas0.036

Share is the number of babies of one sex given the name per 1,000 babies of that sex counted in the same state’s 2025 file, so a small state with a strong taste for a name can outrank California; there a few babies move the share a lot, so read it with the count beside it. Source: the SSA state file namesbystate.zip (one file per state, 50 states and DC), Internet Archive capture 20260927185641, data year 2025. A state lists a name only when 5 or more babies of one sex got it there, so “fewer than 5 or not listed” may be 1 to 4 babies or none, each state’s counted total leaves those rarest names out, and the state counts can add up to less than the national count above.

Every year: babies and rank

YearGirlsRankBoysRank
20256,792#1677#1,980
20247,394#1292#1,783
20237,799#11127#1,435
20228,227#11139#1,347
20218,448#10149#1,275
20208,849#10149#1,246
201910,497#9202#1,029
201810,646#9214#973
201710,524#11286#801
201610,803#11299#791
201510,311#10341#724
20149,619#11328#730
20138,284#16366#662
20127,199#24416#606
20114,676#54402#607
20102,634#120341#689
20091,904#173316#737
20081,128#296248#856
2007729#440231#879
2006597#510195#955
2005363#743139#1,153
2004274#88777#1,679
2003200#1,10372#1,705
2002164#1,22573#1,639
2001176#1,17258#1,899
2000136#1,37047#2,153
1999112#1,52744#2,147
199893#1,71539#2,290
199786#1,75929#2,699
1996107#1,50439#2,160
199553#2,43219#3,477
199434#3,32011#5,219
199323#4,43714#4,323
199221#4,74217#3,665
199122#4,55014#4,086
199012#7,02811#4,801
198911#7,14112#4,372
198811#6,80511#4,282
19878#8,2586#6,403
19868#7,9938#5,043
198513#5,46213#3,483
19845#10,9968#4,714
19835#10,84110#3,978
19827#8,5439#4,364
19818#7,6418#4,689
19806#9,49210#3,955
1979under 5 or none—5#6,424
197810#6,0989#3,974
19775#10,1569#3,958
19769#6,2287#4,602
19757#7,4287#4,506
19749#5,9235#5,517
1973under 5 or none—10#3,301
1972under 5 or none—8#3,765
19715#8,77117#2,315
1970under 5 or none—12#2,790
1969under 5 or none—9#3,163
1968under 5 or none—13#2,375
1967under 5 or none—5#4,205
1966under 5 or none—8#3,088
1965under 5 or none—7#3,372
1964under 5 or none—7#3,411
1963under 5 or none—6#3,795
1962under 5 or none—under 5 or none—
1961under 5 or none—7#3,489
1960under 5 or none—6#3,813
1959under 5 or none—14#2,240
1958under 5 or none—7#3,388
1957under 5 or none—6#3,730
1956under 5 or none—17#1,968
1955under 5 or none—10#2,654
1954under 5 or none—9#2,832
1953under 5 or none—5#4,037
1952under 5 or none—13#2,197
1951under 5 or none—12#2,297
1950under 5 or none—12#2,261
1949under 5 or none—11#2,393
1948under 5 or none—16#1,908
1947under 5 or none—12#2,299
1946under 5 or none—9#2,607
1945under 5 or none—8#2,649
1944under 5 or none—15#1,844
1943under 5 or none—7#3,070
1942under 5 or none—14#1,988
1941under 5 or none—13#2,037
1940under 5 or none—10#2,386
1939under 5 or none—15#1,829
1938under 5 or none—18#1,640
1937under 5 or none—12#2,131
1936under 5 or none—12#2,115
1935under 5 or none—12#2,179
1934under 5 or none—15#1,887
1933under 5 or none—11#2,279
1932under 5 or none—16#1,877
1931under 5 or none—11#2,383
1930under 5 or none—21#1,617
1929under 5 or none—16#1,959
1928under 5 or none—18#1,862
1927under 5 or none—22#1,668
1926under 5 or none—24#1,536
1925under 5 or none—21#1,705
1924under 5 or none—29#1,392
1923under 5 or none—13#2,383
1922under 5 or none—31#1,320
1921under 5 or none—23#1,611
1920under 5 or none—28#1,402
1919under 5 or none—16#2,013
1918under 5 or none—17#1,944
1917under 5 or none—21#1,611
1916under 5 or none—17#1,802
1915under 5 or none—27#1,284
1914under 5 or none—20#1,360
1913under 5 or none—16#1,341
1912under 5 or none—18#1,116
1911under 5 or none—under 5 or none—
1910under 5 or none—6#1,489
1909under 5 or none—under 5 or none—
1908under 5 or none—6#1,288
1907under 5 or none—5#1,424
1906under 5 or none—11#779
1905under 5 or none—13#683
1904under 5 or none—under 5 or none—
1903under 5 or none—under 5 or none—
1902under 5 or none—under 5 or none—
1901under 5 or none—under 5 or none—
1900under 5 or none—7#1,095
1899under 5 or none—8#817
1898under 5 or none—7#929
1897under 5 or none—6#996
1896under 5 or none—6#1,038
1895under 5 or none—12#622
1894under 5 or none—under 5 or none—
1893under 5 or none—under 5 or none—
1892under 5 or none—5#1,147
1891under 5 or none—6#898
1890under 5 or none—6#934
1889under 5 or none—under 5 or none—
1888under 5 or none—5#1,100
1887under 5 or none—under 5 or none—
1886under 5 or none—7#798
1885under 5 or none—9#667
1884under 5 or none—7#809
1883under 5 or none—10#614
1882under 5 or none—5#1,003
1881under 5 or none—9#623
1880under 5 or none—under 5 or none—

Rank among all names of that sex in that year, by the SSA's rule. “under 5 or none” is a year the SSA file does not list: fewer than 5 babies of that sex, possibly none.

Rank in each decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
2020–2025 (so far)#10#1,474
2010s#16#748
2000s#526#1,124
1990s#2,392#3,022
1980s#7,563#4,256
1970s#8,616#3,636
1960sunder 5 or none every year#3,296
1950sunder 5 or none every year#2,516
1940sunder 5 or none every year#2,214
1930sunder 5 or none every year#1,952
1920sunder 5 or none every year#1,606
1910sunder 5 or none every year#1,549
1900sunder 5 or none every year#1,222
1890sunder 5 or none every year#918
1880sunder 5 or none every year#839

Rank among all names of that sex by births summed over the decade.

Years under the floor

Girls: under 5 or none in 1880–1970, 1972–1973, 1979.

Boys: under 5 or none in 1880, 1887, 1889, 1893–1894, 1901–1904, 1909, 1911, 1962.

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About this page

Why this name has its own page

These pages are the 19 girls' and 19 boys' names given to the most babies in 2025, the newest year in the SSA file this site is built from. The build picks them from that year's file each time it runs — most births first, ties in alphabetical order, the SSA's own ranking rule — so a new SSA year can change the list. All 38 are on the list of name pages; any other name is on the front page lookup.

Where every number comes from

US Social Security Administration, "Beyond the Top 1000 Names" national data (names.zip): one text file per year of birth, 1880 to 2025, each line a name, a sex and a number of babies. The SSA address is www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/names.zip; ssa.gov refuses requests from this site's build server, so the file was taken from the Internet Archive's copy of that address, captured 2026-09-28 (14:33 UTC) and fetched 2026-09-30: web.archive.org/web/20260928143357id_/www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/names.zip. SHA-256 cd78e975ed7bb358e018dd62fbe14ced89295e9581c49172ca4eedcb011b3724.

The SSA lists a name for a sex in a year only when at least 5 babies got it, so every total here adds up the listed years only and is a floor on the true number. The file covers people with a Social Security number, so early decades count people who applied for one later in life. Spellings are separate names: this page counts “Harper” exactly as spelled.