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Harper

Virtually unused before the 2000s; its rapid rise is widely linked to its use as a name for celebrity children in that decade. It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2010s. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry.

Middle EnglishMiddle English occupational surname
Etymology"Harp player"
Births by decade
1900s
42
1910s
158
1920s
225
1930s
143
1940s
115
1950s
105
1960s
69
1970s
138
1980s
169
1990s
797
2000s
7,123
2010s
66,665
Peaked in the 2010s · 75,749 total U.S. births since 1900