Names like Harper
In 2025, 6,792 girls born in the US were named Harper, #16 among girls' names.
It first entered the top 1,000 in 2004 and reached the top 100 in 2011.
Its best rank was #9, every year from 2018 to 2019.
The most births in one year were 10,803, in 2016.
Births fell 34% from 10,311 in 2015.
For 6 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1999 or later (Harper's began in 2004).
Harper's rank every ten years
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- 2000—
- 2010#120
- 2020#10
- 2025#16
— outside the top 1,000
12 girl names with a similar curve
How this list was made
We compared Harper's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other girl's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.