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Harper

Pronounced /ˈhɑɹpɚ/

Rank in 2024
#1,799
Born in 2024
91
Peak year
2012 · #606
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:7,370 in 2024 (#12)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 91 boys were named Harper, about 1 in every 18,850.
  • It peaked in 2012 with 416 babies, ranked #606.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1881.
  • 6,692 boys have been named Harper since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Harper per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Silent
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    Boomers
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    Gen X
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    Millennials
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    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 384 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 244 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 179 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 142 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 210 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,727 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,691 babies, 0.12 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Inherited from Middle English Harpere.

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈhɑɹpɚ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Harper, CC BY-SA 4.0.