Peach
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PEECH
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #973 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Peach is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “the peach fruit”. In 2025 it ranked 973rd for girls in the UK (38 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Peach mean?
English: fruit name, from Latin persicum
“the peach fruit”
The fruit's name came via Old French from Latin persicum, 'Persian apple'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Peach a girl's or a boy's name?
Peach is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Peach in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #973among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 7,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 673% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the UK were named Peach, making it the 973rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Peach of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Peach in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,051st in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.
Peach in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #973 |
| 2024 | 26 | #1,321 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,560 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Peach in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Peach, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 2019.
2025 had fewer girls named Peach than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Peach in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Peach in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
Names like Peach
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hazel Maeve Olive Harper Ivy Autumn Nellie Pearl Wren Primrose Margot Hallie
Names related to Peach
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Carter Harrison River
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Peach: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/peach, updated 20 October 2026.