Peony
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PEE-o-nee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Peony is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “the peony flower”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Peony mean?
English: flower name, from Greek
“the peony flower”
The flower's name comes from Paeon, the physician of the gods in Greek myth.
Is Peony a girl's or a boy's name?
Peony is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Peony in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Peony, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 20 girls.
Half of all the girls named Peony in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Peony in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,605 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
How popular is Peony in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Peony, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Peony in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Peony in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
Names like Peony
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Poppy Ivy Noa Everly Lily Harper Felicity Kehlani Daisy Primrose Elodie Pippa
Names related to Peony
More English names
Evelyn Hudson Grace Violet Willow Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter Harrison River Ellie
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, “Peony: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/peony, updated 20 October 2026.