Piper
Girl · PY-pa · English
Piper is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “pipe player”. In 2025 it ranked 206th for girls in the UK (262 babies) and 155th for girls in the US (1,940 babies).
What does Piper mean?
English: occupational surname
“pipe player”
From an English surname for someone who played the pipes.
- Say it
- PY-pa
More on Wiktionary.
Is Piper a girl's or a boy's name?
Piper is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 262 girls in the UK and 1,940 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Piper in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 262about 1 in 1,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.3%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 262 girls in the UK were named Piper, making it the 206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 159th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 385 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Piper than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Piper in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 212th in England and Wales, 135th in Scotland and 205th in Northern Ireland.
Piper in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 262 | #206 |
| 2024 | 269 | #198 |
| 2023 | 279 | #197 |
| 2022 | 304 | #185 |
| 2021 | 355 | #164 |
| 2020 | 361 | #159 |
| 2019 | 348 | #167 |
| 2018 | 385 | #153 |
| 2017 | 382 | #162 |
| 2016 | 343 | #184 |
| 2015 | 252 | #232 |
| 2014 | 187 | #281 |
| 2013 | 99 | #465 |
| 2012 | 117 | #434 |
| 2011 | 88 | #522 |
| 2010 | 54 | #738 |
| 2009 | 65 | #631 |
| 2008 | 57 | #703 |
| 2007 | 79 | #529 |
| 2006 | 104 | #428 |
| 2005 | 107 | #401 |
| 2004 | 79 | #483 |
| 2003 | 74 | #493 |
| 2002 | 72 | #478 |
| 2001 | 43 | #658 |
| 2000 | 24 | #987 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Piper in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #155among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,940about 1 in 830 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.7%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,940 girls in the US were named Piper, making it the 155th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 91st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 4,140 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the girls named Piper in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Piper in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,940 | #155 |
| 2024 | 1,884 | #159 |
| 2023 | 2,075 | #135 |
| 2022 | 2,495 | #114 |
| 2021 | 2,741 | #96 |
| 2020 | 2,902 | #91 |
| 2019 | 3,188 | #84 |
| 2018 | 3,230 | #88 |
| 2017 | 3,567 | #81 |
| 2016 | 3,956 | #67 |
| 2015 | 4,140 | #67 |
| 2014 | 3,868 | #75 |
| 2013 | 3,191 | #97 |
| 2012 | 3,073 | #98 |
| 2011 | 2,737 | #110 |
| 2010 | 2,142 | #144 |
| 2009 | 2,191 | #147 |
| 2008 | 1,913 | #172 |
| 2007 | 1,483 | #240 |
| 2006 | 1,385 | #245 |
| 2005 | 1,261 | #259 |
| 2004 | 1,214 | #266 |
| 2003 | 902 | #343 |
| 2002 | 643 | #448 |
| 2001 | 705 | #411 |
| 2000 | 522 | #511 |
| 1999 | 324 | #695 |
| 1998 | 159 | #1,174 |
| 1997 | 179 | #1,060 |
| 1996 | 145 | #1,217 |
| 1995 | 98 | #1,546 |
| 1994 | 86 | #1,709 |
| 1993 | 73 | #1,918 |
| 1992 | 62 | #2,151 |
| 1991 | 63 | #2,105 |
| 1990 | 63 | #2,076 |
| 1989 | 54 | #2,217 |
| 1988 | 38 | #2,739 |
| 1987 | 57 | #1,961 |
| 1986 | 50 | #2,115 |
| 1985 | 59 | #1,881 |
| 1984 | 54 | #1,922 |
| 1983 | 54 | #1,906 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,850 |
| 1981 | 70 | #1,641 |
| 1980 | 79 | #1,502 |
| 1979 | 70 | #1,605 |
| 1978 | 90 | #1,332 |
| 1977 | 86 | #1,331 |
| 1976 | 54 | #1,747 |
| 1975 | 68 | #1,498 |
| 1974 | 69 | #1,448 |
| 1973 | 69 | #1,418 |
| 1972 | 68 | #1,432 |
| 1971 | 64 | #1,534 |
| 1970 | 81 | #1,315 |
| 1969 | 60 | #1,531 |
| 1968 | 77 | #1,244 |
| 1967 | 59 | #1,441 |
| 1966 | 65 | #1,351 |
| 1965 | 51 | #1,561 |
| 1964 | 70 | #1,344 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,648 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,707 |
| 1961 | 32 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,368 |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,338 |
| 1958 | 40 | #1,702 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,704 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,737 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,876 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,701 |
| 1953 | 40 | #1,548 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,640 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
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