Pilot
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Pilot is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “one who steers a ship or aircraft”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Pilot mean?
English: English word, from French pilote
“one who steers a ship or aircraft”
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Is Pilot a girl's or a boy's name?
Pilot is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pilot in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Pilot, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2009, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
2025 had more boys named Pilot than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Pilot in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pilot in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
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