Harper-Rae
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAR-per-RAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,107 for girls
Harper-Rae is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “harp player + Rae”. In 2025 it ranked 1,107th for girls in the UK (32 babies).
What does Harper-Rae mean?
Modern: combination of Harper and Rae
“harp player + Rae”
Is Harper-Rae a girl's or a boy's name?
Harper-Rae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Harper-Rae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,107among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 8,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the UK were named Harper-Rae, making it the 1,107th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 987th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 39 girls.
Half of all the girls named Harper-Rae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,051st in England and Wales.
Harper-Rae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,107 |
| 2024 | 25 | #1,356 |
| 2023 | 34 | #1,075 |
| 2022 | 34 | #1,066 |
| 2021 | 32 | #1,138 |
| 2020 | 37 | #987 |
| 2019 | 39 | #981 |
| 2018 | 34 | #1,098 |
| 2017 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,498 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
Names like Harper-Rae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ottilie Harper Hallie Ivy-Rose Elodie Aria Rosie Penelope Aurora Bonnie Marnie Florence
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Harper-Rae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harper-rae, updated 20 October 2026.