Girl · English
Harper
Say it: HAR-pur
Meaning
From an English occupational surname for a harp player.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A surname, then occasional boys' name, it shot into the US top ten for girls in the 2010s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 106,394 babies given this name since 1881
- At its height in 2018, about 1 in 160 girls
- 8,922 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Harper Lee, US novelist
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.