Popularity trend for the name Harper in Aotearoa New Zealand, based on Department of Internal Affairs birth registrations.
Harper reached its highest rank of #2 for girls in 2017. In 2025, 115 babies were registered as Harper, ranking #17 for girls. Its popularity is falling compared with five years earlier. Harper is used for both boys and girls (7% boys overall).
About this data: figures come from Department of Internal Affairs birth registrations for 1954-2025. The DIA only publishes a name for a given year when at least 10 babies were registered with it, so rarer names - and rarer spellings - are missing entirely, and a name can drop out of the record in quieter years. Spelling variants are counted separately, and counts reflect first names as registered.