Harper
1.46k
Babies in 2024
+135%
10-year change
2018
Peak · 1.80k
0%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Harper
Harper is a rising UK girl's name. Registrations in 2024 (1,461) are up 135% on a decade earlier — one of the steeper climbs in the ONS data for England & Wales.
Harper reached its peak in 2018, when 1,796 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #27 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 1,461 represents 81% of the peak.
Across 23 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 15,784 girls have been officially registered with the name Harper in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 15,120 girls were registered with the name, starting from 623 in 2014 and ending at 1,461 in 2024.