Pippin
Mostly boys · PIP-in · English
Pippin is a name of English origin, meaning “seedling apple”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Pippin mean?
English: English word for an apple grown from seed; also the Frankish name Pepin
“seedling apple”
Peregrin 'Pippin' Took is one of the four hobbits in The Lord of the Rings.
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Is Pippin a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Pippin has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls and 11 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Pippin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 164% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Pippin, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. 4 girls were also named Pippin in 2025 (4,935th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Pippin of any year since it first appeared, in 2014.
Half of all the boys named Pippin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 27% of the babies named Pippin in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Pippin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
How popular is Pippin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Pippin, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 9 boys. It first appears in the records in 2016.
Half of all the boys named Pippin in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pippin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
Nicknames for Pippin
- Pip 9 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Pippin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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