Pyper
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PY-pa
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,859 for girls
- Style
- Big in Scotland
Pyper is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “pipe player”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 2,859th for girls in the US (59 babies).
What does Pyper mean?
English: spelling of Piper
“pipe player”
A modern spelling of Piper, an English surname for someone who played the pipes.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Pyper a girl's or a boy's name?
Pyper is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 59 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pyper in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Pyper, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Pyper in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 271 girls in the UK were given Pyper or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #214, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
- Piper 262
- Pyper 9
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Pyper in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,541 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Pyper in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,859th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 59 about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 59 girls in the US were named Pyper, making it the 2,859th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,728th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 275 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Pyper in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,999 girls in the US were given Pyper or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #180, up from #2,859 for this spelling alone.
- Piper 1,940
- Pyper 59
Pyper in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,859 |
| 2024 | 68 | #2,585 |
| 2023 | 51 | #3,181 |
| 2022 | 78 | #2,364 |
| 2021 | 95 | #2,024 |
| 2020 | 116 | #1,728 |
| 2019 | 125 | #1,679 |
| 2018 | 167 | #1,346 |
| 2017 | 182 | #1,291 |
| 2016 | 214 | #1,173 |
| 2015 | 240 | #1,088 |
| 2014 | 275 | #970 |
| 2013 | 243 | #1,026 |
| 2012 | 223 | #1,111 |
| 2011 | 196 | #1,224 |
| 2010 | 162 | #1,414 |
| 2009 | 171 | #1,383 |
| 2008 | 128 | #1,732 |
| 2007 | 100 | #2,034 |
| 2006 | 67 | #2,669 |
| 2005 | 72 | #2,432 |
| 2004 | 72 | #2,367 |
| 2003 | 54 | #2,837 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 39 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Names like Pyper
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme, Dua, Vesper, Coco, Primrose, Palmer, Harper, Aria, Pippa, River, Juniper, Poppy
Other spellings of Pyper
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
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, “Pyper: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pyper, updated 20 October 2026.