Pixie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PIK-see
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #553 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Pixie is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “a small mischievous fairy”. In 2025 it ranked 553rd for girls in the UK (77 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Pixie mean?
English: word name, from West Country folklore
“a small mischievous fairy”
From the English word for a mischievous fairy of West Country folklore, also called a piskie.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Pixie a girl's or a boy's name?
Pixie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 77 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pixie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 77about 1 in 3,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 77 girls in the UK were named Pixie, making it the 553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 386th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 141 girls.
Half of all the girls named Pixie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 585th in England and Wales, 429th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Pixie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #553 |
| 2024 | 67 | #629 |
| 2023 | 72 | #578 |
| 2022 | 89 | #497 |
| 2021 | 98 | #481 |
| 2020 | 126 | #386 |
| 2019 | 112 | #419 |
| 2018 | 109 | #449 |
| 2017 | 133 | #380 |
| 2016 | 111 | #443 |
| 2015 | 141 | #365 |
| 2014 | 121 | #409 |
| 2013 | 89 | #521 |
| 2012 | 114 | #442 |
| 2011 | 106 | #453 |
| 2010 | 89 | #506 |
| 2009 | 35 | #996 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
How popular is Pixie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Pixie, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1955, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Pixie than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Pixie in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pixie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,648 |
| 1959 | 22 | #2,457 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 25 | #2,217 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,795 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,690 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,390 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,060 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
Names like Pixie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Poppy Evie Gracie Emmie Hallie Edie Posie Primrose Phoebe Frankie Harper Ivy
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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, “Pixie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pixie, updated 20 October 2026.