Harper dog name

We found 550 dogs named Harper in the public pet registers of 18 places. Combining all places, Harper is the #308 dog name. 86% of dogs named Harper are female.

🐱 Harper is also a cat name (7 cats).

Harper as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #295 of 51,228 231 5.6 2003–2026
New York City United States #227 of 34,500 223 6.7 2014–2025
Toronto Canada #330 of 10,500 24 4.8 2019
Seattle United States #232 of 8,191 17 6.6 2026
Playford Australia #714 of 4,586 3 1.8 2015
Cambridge United States #122 of 4,375 14 11 2017–2026
Noosa Australia #369 of 3,045 4 4.2 2017
Laval Canada #928 of 2,965 1 1.2 2017–2026
Worcester United States #233 of 2,906 5 6.8 2026
Maple Ridge Canada #208 of 2,440 5 7.9 2026
Surf Coast Shire Australia #189 of 1,974 5 9.0 2016
Burnside Australia #585 of 1,888 1 1.9 2015
Framingham United States #171 of 1,965 4 9.1 2020
Richmond United States #107 of 2,347 5 12 2018
Tacoma United States #170 of 1,917 3 8.3 2021
Corangamite Shire Australia #214 of 1,161 2 7.5 2023
Adelaide Australia #110 of 958 2 13 2014
Burlington United States #122 of 641 1 11 2022

Rank among all names in that place's register ("in top N" where only a top list is published). "Per 10,000" is how many of every 10,000 registered dogs there are named Harper. Click a column to sort. See data sources.

Female or male?

86% female
14% male

423 female and 67 male dogs named Harper, in the places that record sex.

Harper over the years

Allegheny County – rising
2007
2010
2015
2020
2025
New York City
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025
Toronto – falling
2012
2015
2020
2025

Dogs named Harper per 10,000 dogs, by the year of registration or licence (varies by place). Hover a bar for the number.

Breeds of dogs named Harper

Compared to all dogs, Harper is especially common among Australian Cattle Dogs (3.3×), Goldendoodles (3.0×), Australian Shepherds (2.5×), Border Collies (2.1×) and Cocker Spaniels (1.9×).

Based on 479 dogs named Harper with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Harper as a baby name

Harper was the #16 girls' name in the US in 2025 (6,792 babies).Harper was the #1976 boys' name in the US in 2025 (77 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #7 for girls in Wales, #13 for girls in Australia (Victoria), #15 for girls in Australia (New South Wales) and #17 for girls in New Zealand. See Harper as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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