UK name, mostly girls
Harper-Lee
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Harper-Lee is mostly registered for girls in the UK records. People looking for Harper-Lee popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4843, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2017, with 9 births.
This profile covers 60 England and Wales registrations across 11 recorded years from 2014 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 44% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 63 living people in the UK are called Harper-Lee. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Harper-Lee ranked #4843 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 4 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2017, when 9 girls were registered as Harper-Lee.
- • Harper-Lee ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #808 in 2017.
- • About 63 living people in the UK are estimated to have Harper-Lee as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
- • Across the England and Wales records shown here, 87.0% of Harper-Lee registrations are for girls.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4843
2024
Births in 2024
4
Latest year
Peak year
2017
9 births
Estimated living
63
2026
Gender
Boy and girl registrations for Harper-Lee
In England and Wales birth records, Harper-Lee has been registered for both boys and girls. Across the years shown here, 13.0% of registrations are for boys and 87.0% are for girls.
These figures use the sex categories in the published baby-name files. They are useful for spotting how the name is used at registration, but they are not a live measure of gender identity or everyone living with the name today.
Harper-Lee registered for boys
- Ranked #4,749 in 2018
- 3 boys registered in 2018
- Peak: 2016 (3 births)
Harper-Lee registered for girls
- Ranked #4,843 in 2024
- 4 girls registered in 2024
- Peak: 2017 (9 births)
Popularity
Harper-Lee over time
The chart below compares boys and girls registered as Harper-Lee in England and Wales, from 2014 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Harper-Lee, the clearest high point is 2017. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2024, compared with 9 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Harper-Lee by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Harper-Lee was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #4296 | 25 | 5 |
| 2010s | #3983 | 35 | 6 |
Geography
Where Harper-Lee is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Harper-Lee. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Harper-Lee ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #808 in 2017.
Across the UK
Harper-Lee in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#808 in 2017
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Harper-Lee
- Hannah 67,635
- Holly 52,307
- Harriet 24,781
- Hollie 17,902
- Harper 15,784
- Heidi 12,675
- Hallie 9,873
- Hope 9,414
- Hayley 5,968
- Hazel 5,954
- Hanna 5,735
- Heather 5,497
FAQ
Harper-Lee: questions and answers
How popular is the name Harper-Lee in the UK right now?
In 2024, Harper-Lee was ranked #4843 for girls in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.
When was Harper-Lee most popular?
The peak year on record was 2017, with 9 babies registered as Harper-Lee in England and Wales.
How many people are called Harper-Lee in the UK?
A total of 60 babies have been registered as Harper-Lee across the 11 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Harper-Lee most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Harper-Lee ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #808 in 2017. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.