By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Harper is most popular
Girls named Harper per 1,000 girls born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 4.77 per 1,000.
Strongest in Wyoming, Vermont, and Maine.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Harper born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
| State | Girls 2021–2025 | Per 1,000 | vs national |
| Wyoming | 87 | 20.4 | +328% |
| Vermont | 88 | 18.2 | +281% |
| Maine | 209 | 13.5 | +184% |
| North Dakota | 173 | 13.2 | +176% |
| New Hampshire | 239 | 12.9 | +172% |
| South Dakota | 181 | 12.7 | +166% |
| Montana | 171 | 12.6 | +165% |
| Delaware | 143 | 12.6 | +165% |
| Alaska | 106 | 12.3 | +158% |
| West Virginia | 317 | 12.1 | +154% |
| Nebraska | 384 | 10.7 | +124% |
| Idaho | 323 | 9.65 | +103% |
| Iowa | 558 | 9.55 | +100% |
| Kentucky | 815 | 9.53 | +100% |
| Arkansas | 470 | 8.89 | +87% |
| Missouri | 1,039 | 8.62 | +81% |
| Kansas | 487 | 8.44 | +77% |
| Tennessee | 1,310 | 8.27 | +74% |
| Oklahoma | 607 | 8.25 | +73% |
| Alabama | 772 | 8.22 | +73% |
| Wisconsin | 846 | 8.21 | +72% |
| Mississippi | 372 | 7.95 | +67% |
| South Carolina | 699 | 7.78 | +63% |
| Indiana | 1,065 | 7.59 | +59% |
| Oregon | 479 | 7.36 | +54% |
| Louisiana | 642 | 7.33 | +54% |
| Minnesota | 790 | 7.32 | +54% |
| Ohio | 1,730 | 7.29 | +53% |
| Colorado | 812 | 7.27 | +53% |
| Pennsylvania | 1,714 | 7.25 | +52% |
| Michigan | 1,316 | 7.22 | +52% |
| Utah | 591 | 7.10 | +49% |
| Connecticut | 400 | 6.88 | +44% |
| North Carolina | 1,531 | 6.72 | +41% |
| Washington | 937 | 6.49 | +36% |
| Virginia | 1,103 | 6.47 | +36% |
| Hawaii | 72 | 6.28 | +32% |
| Georgia | 1,354 | 5.96 | +25% |
| Maryland | 603 | 5.69 | +19% |
| Massachusetts | 659 | 5.45 | +14% |
| Rhode Island | 66 | 5.27 | +11% |
| Illinois | 1,182 | 5.16 | +8% |
| Nevada | 239 | 5.15 | +8% |
| New Jersey | 906 | 5.02 | +5% |
| District of Columbia | 59 | 4.98 | ≈ national |
| Arizona | 696 | 4.96 | ≈ national |
| New Mexico | 114 | 4.69 | ≈ national |
| Florida | 1,880 | 4.39 | -8% |
| New York | 1,711 | 4.32 | -9% |
| Texas | 3,067 | 3.81 | -20% |
| California | 2,546 | 3.03 | -36% |
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Harper
Harper is a top-50 name for girls in the United States, ranked #16 in 2025 with 6,792 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.
Since 1881, 145,832 American babies have been named Harper. Its peak came in 2016, when 11,102 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2010s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Harper stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
