Piper
#155 for girls in 2025, 1,940 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2015 · 4,140 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 62,718since 1951
Piper over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #155 | 1,940 | — | |
| 2024 | #159 | 1,884 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #135 | 2,075 | — | |
| 2022 | #114 | 2,495 | — | |
| 2021 | #96 | 2,741 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #91 | 2,902 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #84 | 3,188 | — | |
| 2018 | #88 | 3,230 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #81 | 3,567 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #67 | 3,956 | #6,726 | 12 |
| 2015 | #67 | 4,140 | #5,999 | 14 |
| 2014 | #75 | 3,868 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #97 | 3,191 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #98 | 3,073 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #110 | 2,737 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #144 | 2,142 | #6,359 | 13 |
| 2009 | #147 | 2,191 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #172 | 1,913 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #240 | 1,483 | — | |
| 2006 | #245 | 1,385 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #259 | 1,261 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #266 | 1,214 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #343 | 902 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #448 | 643 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #411 | 705 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #511 | 522 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #696 | 324 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #1,176 | 159 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #1,061 | 179 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #1,219 | 145 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,550 | 98 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,714 | 86 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,922 | 73 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,156 | 62 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,111 | 63 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,081 | 63 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,222 | 54 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,744 | 38 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,962 | 57 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,116 | 50 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,882 | 59 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,922 | 54 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,907 | 54 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,850 | 58 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,641 | 70 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,502 | 79 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,605 | 70 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,332 | 90 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,331 | 86 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,747 | 54 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,498 | 68 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,448 | 69 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,418 | 69 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,432 | 68 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,534 | 64 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,315 | 81 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,531 | 60 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,244 | 77 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,441 | 59 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,351 | 65 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,561 | 51 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,344 | 70 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,649 | 48 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,708 | 44 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 32 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,369 | 25 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,703 | 40 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,705 | 40 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,738 | 37 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,877 | 32 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,702 | 36 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,549 | 40 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Piper! It came in at #3,284, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1951, when fewer than 12 girls a year got the name.
Where Piper is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Dakota#24 · 1 in 117
- Montana#28 · 1 in 144
- Iowa#29 · 1 in 174
- Wyoming#30 · 1 in 115
- Vermont#31 · 1 in 106
Best ever in a state: #7 in Wyoming, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #24 | 24 | 1 in 117 |
| Montana | #28 | 19 | 1 in 144 |
| Iowa | #29 | 72 | 1 in 174 |
| Wyoming | #30 | 10 | 1 in 115 |
| Vermont | #31 | 11 | 1 in 106 |
| Oklahoma | #32 | 71 | 1 in 232 |
| New Hampshire | #37 | 22 | 1 in 169 |
| Alaska | #40 | 13 | 1 in 177 |
| Oregon | #42 | 58 | 1 in 256 |
| Indiana | #44 | 106 | 1 in 283 |
| Kansas | #44 | 51 | 1 in 258 |
| Kentucky | #48 | 75 | 1 in 242 |
| South Dakota | #48 | 16 | 1 in 187 |
| Minnesota | #49 | 84 | 1 in 286 |
| Washington | #49 | 100 | 1 in 305 |
| Arkansas | #51 | 40 | 1 in 285 |
| Nebraska | #53 | 30 | 1 in 258 |
| Colorado | #56 | 73 | 1 in 307 |
| Tennessee | #57 | 94 | 1 in 318 |
| Idaho | #59 | 24 | 1 in 265 |
| Maine | #64 | 16 | 1 in 229 |
| Missouri | #66 | 84 | 1 in 320 |
| West Virginia | #66 | 26 | 1 in 254 |
| Wisconsin | #72 | 69 | 1 in 334 |
| Alabama | #73 | 54 | 1 in 342 |
| Mississippi | #74 | 33 | 1 in 322 |
| Ohio | #79 | 136 | 1 in 379 |
| North Carolina | #81 | 110 | 1 in 400 |
| South Carolina | #85 | 46 | 1 in 379 |
| Utah | #86 | 48 | 1 in 373 |
| District of Columbia | #91 | 11 | 1 in 290 |
| Virginia | #92 | 84 | 1 in 433 |
| Louisiana | #94 | 47 | 1 in 419 |
| Delaware | #95 | 9 | 1 in 295 |
| Pennsylvania | #95 | 122 | 1 in 432 |
| Maryland | #101 | 54 | 1 in 446 |
| Florida | #104 | 153 | 1 in 520 |
| Michigan | #105 | 85 | 1 in 484 |
| Georgia | #108 | 92 | 1 in 514 |
| Illinois | #112 | 111 | 1 in 529 |
| Nevada | #113 | 23 | 1 in 449 |
| Massachusetts | #123 | 50 | 1 in 509 |
| Texas | #138 | 232 | 1 in 682 |
| Arizona | #139 | 49 | 1 in 632 |
| Connecticut | #162 | 19 | 1 in 616 |
| Hawaii | #169 | 7 | 1 in 482 |
| New York | #192 | 98 | 1 in 942 |
| New Mexico | #202 | 10 | 1 in 708 |
| California | #249 | 175 | 1 in 1,195 |
| New Jersey | #330 | 24 | 1 in 1,521 |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Piper
- 4 spots since 2024 (#159 → #155)
- 64 spots since 2020 (#91 → #155)
- 88 spots since 2015 (#67 → #155)
- Biggest jump: 480 spots in 1999 (#1,176 → #696)
- Biggest drop: 37 spots in 2002 (#411 → #448)
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 2015 at #67 (4,140 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 2012–2021
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1999–2025
- Highest: 1 in 431 girls born in 2015 were named Piper (0.23%)
- Latest: 1 in 828 girls born in 2025 (0.12%)
- 52.8% of all girls named Piper (33,092) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 295 | #1,549 (1953) | #1,949 |
| 1960s | 531 | #1,244 (1968) | #1,627 |
| 1970s | 719 | #1,315 (1970) | #1,466 |
| 1980s | 573 | #1,502 (1980) | #1,975 |
| 1990s | 1,252 | #696 (1999) | #1,569 |
| 2000s | 12,219 | #147 (2009) | #304 |
| 2010s | 33,092 | #67 (2015) | #91 |
| 2020s | 14,037 | #91 (2020) | #125 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Piper in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 573 of them was named Piper, which outranked 99.5% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 118,559 of them was named Piper, which outranked 61.5% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,256Zephan17
- #5,256Zidane17
- #5,256Zoe17
- #5,482Piper16
- #5,482Aarik16
- #5,482Aariv16
- #5,482Abdou16
- #5,720Aamari15
- #5,720Aarya15
- #5,720Aceson15
Tied with 237 names at #5,482; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.