Pepper
Girl · PEP-er · English
Pepper is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “pepper (the spice)”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 1,902nd for girls in the US (102 babies).
What does Pepper mean?
English: English word
“pepper (the spice)”
The word came via Latin piper from Sanskrit pippali, 'long pepper'.
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Is Pepper a girl's or a boy's name?
Pepper is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 102 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pepper in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Pepper, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 12 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Pepper than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Pepper in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Pepper in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 2 | #6,098 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
How popular is Pepper in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,902among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 102about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 102 girls in the US were named Pepper, making it the 1,902nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 161 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Pepper than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Pepper in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pepper in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 102 | #1,902 |
| 2024 | 127 | #1,630 |
| 2023 | 129 | #1,614 |
| 2022 | 156 | #1,437 |
| 2021 | 156 | #1,398 |
| 2020 | 132 | #1,587 |
| 2019 | 145 | #1,502 |
| 2018 | 131 | #1,623 |
| 2017 | 123 | #1,721 |
| 2016 | 136 | #1,614 |
| 2015 | 152 | #1,501 |
| 2014 | 161 | #1,416 |
| 2013 | 154 | #1,451 |
| 2012 | 135 | #1,602 |
| 2011 | 118 | #1,741 |
| 2010 | 98 | #2,028 |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,704 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 24 | #3,436 |
| 1980 | 35 | #2,651 |
| 1979 | 48 | #2,088 |
| 1978 | 63 | #1,669 |
| 1977 | 88 | #1,315 |
| 1976 | 119 | #1,036 |
| 1975 | 132 | #951 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,683 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,232 |
| 1972 | 22 | #2,976 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,039 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,263 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 20 | #2,740 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
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