Pippa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PIP-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #147 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,855 for girls
Pippa is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “lover of horses”. In 2025 it ranked 147th for girls in the UK (382 babies) and 1,855th for girls in the US (107 babies).
What does Pippa mean?
Greek: pet form of Philippa
“lover of horses”
A pet form of Philippa, made familiar by Robert Browning's 1841 verse drama Pippa Passes.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Pippa a girl's or a boy's name?
Pippa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 382 girls in the UK and 107 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pippa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 147th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 382 about 1 in 730 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.9% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 382 girls in the UK were named Pippa, making it the 147th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 124th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 521 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Pippa than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Pippa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 141st in England and Wales, 211th in Scotland and 126th in Northern Ireland.
Pippa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 382 | #147 |
| 2024 | 403 | #138 |
| 2023 | 388 | #145 |
| 2022 | 438 | #128 |
| 2021 | 434 | #127 |
| 2020 | 441 | #124 |
| 2019 | 445 | #129 |
| 2018 | 521 | #114 |
| 2017 | 509 | #122 |
| 2016 | 482 | #132 |
| 2015 | 447 | #142 |
| 2014 | 418 | #150 |
| 2013 | 305 | #194 |
| 2012 | 342 | #168 |
| 2011 | 279 | #204 |
| 2010 | 130 | #384 |
| 2009 | 129 | #378 |
| 2008 | 123 | #395 |
| 2007 | 112 | #405 |
| 2006 | 101 | #442 |
| 2005 | 91 | #453 |
| 2004 | 64 | #551 |
| 2003 | 51 | #623 |
| 2002 | 53 | #600 |
| 2001 | 38 | #722 |
| 2000 | 52 | #583 |
| 1999 | 29 | #837 |
| 1998 | 25 | #955 |
| 1997 | 25 | #940 |
| 1996 | 36 | #709 |
How popular is Pippa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,855th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 107 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 107 girls in the US were named Pippa, making it the 1,855th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,005th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 120 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957.
Half of all the girls named Pippa in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pippa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 107 | #1,855 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,462 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,494 |
| 2022 | 103 | #1,930 |
| 2021 | 115 | #1,768 |
| 2020 | 93 | #2,005 |
| 2019 | 108 | #1,864 |
| 2018 | 96 | #2,026 |
| 2017 | 114 | #1,815 |
| 2016 | 101 | #1,972 |
| 2015 | 94 | #2,080 |
| 2014 | 120 | #1,736 |
| 2013 | 80 | #2,305 |
| 2012 | 107 | #1,875 |
| 2011 | 70 | #2,554 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1965 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
Nicknames for Pippa
- Pip 9 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Pippa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lyra, Dua, Mila, Maeva, Ayra, Esme, Liyana, Luna, Poppy, Myla, Indie, Isla
Names related to Pippa
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Pippa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pippa, updated 20 October 2026.