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Boy's name · #1980 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave
1% boys · 99% girls — About 99% of babies named Harper in recent years have been girls. Harper →
Harper reached #606 in 2012 and has eased to #1980 since. About 6,800 boys have carried it since 1881.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 13 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#2,672 in Canada (2024).
Among 46 notable people named Harper:
Entertainers appear 2.24× more often than among typical names — e.g. Harper Simon, American singer-songwriter (born 1972).
Similar names: Karsen · Arion · Makhi · Keller · Jagger · Fischer
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