Pip
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- PIP
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
Unisex
Pip is a name of Greek origin, meaning “lover of horses”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies).
What does Pip mean?
Greek: pet form of Philip or Philippa
“lover of horses”
A pet form of Philip or Philippa; Pip is the hero of Dickens's Great Expectations.
Is Pip a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Pip has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK.
How popular is Pip in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Pip, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 18 boys.
Half of all the boys named Pip in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 50% of the babies named Pip in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Pip in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,507 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,581 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,479 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
Names like Pip
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Aarav River Bodhi Theo Veer Lucas Vihaan Cruz Krishiv Shivansh Theodore
Names related to Pip
More Greek names
Sophia George Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie Lainey Elena
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, “Pip: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pip, updated 20 October 2026.