Poppy
#292 for girls in 2025, 1,054 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2023 · 1,077 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,541since 1919
Poppy over time
Rank among girls' names. Poppy has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | #292 | 1,054 | — | |
| 2024 | #336 | 935 | — | |
| 2023 | #289 | 1,077 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #338 | 956 | — | |
| 2021 | #400 | 790 | — | |
| 2020 | #457 | 676 | — | |
| 2019 | #492 | 636 | — | |
| 2018 | #586 | 521 | — | |
| 2017 | #681 | 430 | — | |
| 2016 | #746 | 382 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,026 | 260 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,056 | 246 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,301 | 180 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,351 | 173 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,639 | 131 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,720 | 121 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,165 | 92 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,557 | 73 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,890 | 62 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,579 | 70 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,865 | 57 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 | — | |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | — | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
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| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
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| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,255 | 37 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,097 | 41 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,688 | 54 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,458 | 65 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,674 | 53 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,874 | 24 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | — | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | — | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | — | |
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| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | — | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
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| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | — | |
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| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | — | |
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| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | — | |
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| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Poppy! It came in at #3,817, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1924, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Poppy is popular in 2023
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#112 · 1 in 382
- District of Columbia#114 · 1 in 325
- Utah#117 · 1 in 449
- Washington#122 · 1 in 565
- Hawaii#148 · 1 in 375
Best ever in a state: #50 in Alaska, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #112 | 17 | 1 in 382 |
| District of Columbia | #114 | 7 | 1 in 325 |
| Utah | #117 | 36 | 1 in 449 |
| Washington | #122 | 50 | 1 in 565 |
| Hawaii | #148 | 6 | 1 in 375 |
| Oregon | #151 | 23 | 1 in 536 |
| Connecticut | #156 | 19 | 1 in 601 |
| Minnesota | #158 | 34 | 1 in 616 |
| New Hampshire | #162 | 8 | 1 in 466 |
| California | #202 | 161 | 1 in 1,024 |
| Maine | #206 | 5 | 1 in 598 |
| Kentucky | #230 | 19 | 1 in 890 |
| Colorado | #234 | 23 | 1 in 940 |
| Wisconsin | #234 | 22 | 1 in 929 |
| Tennessee | #249 | 30 | 1 in 1,052 |
| Massachusetts | #260 | 22 | 1 in 1,061 |
| Kansas | #287 | 11 | 1 in 1,027 |
| Ohio | #289 | 39 | 1 in 1,204 |
| Illinois | #301 | 35 | 1 in 1,273 |
| Alabama | #306 | 16 | 1 in 1,162 |
| Michigan | #308 | 29 | 1 in 1,217 |
| Nebraska | #310 | 7 | 1 in 996 |
| New York | #318 | 53 | 1 in 1,467 |
| South Carolina | #330 | 15 | 1 in 1,194 |
| Missouri | #341 | 17 | 1 in 1,382 |
| North Carolina | #347 | 30 | 1 in 1,481 |
| Pennsylvania | #349 | 32 | 1 in 1,458 |
| Virginia | #355 | 23 | 1 in 1,444 |
| Georgia | #356 | 31 | 1 in 1,464 |
| Louisiana | #368 | 13 | 1 in 1,349 |
| Arizona | #382 | 18 | 1 in 1,560 |
| Maryland | #384 | 14 | 1 in 1,492 |
| Indiana | #401 | 17 | 1 in 1,637 |
| New Jersey | #401 | 20 | 1 in 1,778 |
| Mississippi | #402 | 7 | 1 in 1,351 |
| Florida | #428 | 43 | 1 in 1,978 |
| Iowa | #431 | 7 | 1 in 1,678 |
| Texas | #435 | 79 | 1 in 2,052 |
| Arkansas | #482 | 6 | 1 in 1,736 |
| Oklahoma | #714 | 5 | 1 in 2,895 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Poppy
- 44 spots since 2024 (#336 → #292)
- 165 spots since 2020 (#457 → #292)
- 734 spots since 2015 (#1,026 → #292)
- Biggest jump: 280 spots in 2016 (#1,026 → #746)
- Biggest drop: 47 spots in 2024 (#289 → #336)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 2023 at #289 (1,077 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 2016–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,490 girls born in 2023 were named Poppy (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,525 girls born in 2025 (0.07%)
- 57.5% of all girls named Poppy (5,488) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | #3,817 (1919) | #3,817 |
| 1920s | 36 | #3,564 (1926) | #4,428 |
| 1930s | 13 | #3,497 (1931) | #3,599 |
| 1940s | 17 | #4,124 (1942) | #4,292 |
| 1950s | 57 | #4,011 (1951) | #4,752 |
| 1960s | 52 | #4,489 (1968) | #5,476 |
| 1970s | 334 | #1,458 (1973) | #2,945 |
| 1980s | 34 | #5,571 (1981) | #7,563 |
| 1990s | 11 | #12,688 (1999) | #13,065 |
| 2000s | 412 | #2,165 (2009) | #6,218 |
| 2010s | 3,080 | #492 (2019) | #1,060 |
| 2020s | 5,488 | #289 (2023) | #352 |
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.
Poppy in 2023
Top girls' names in 2023
Top boys' names in 2023
More about 2023
girls
1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 1,490 of them was named Poppy, which outranked 98.4% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 342,115 of them was named Poppy, which outranked 13.9% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,976 names at #12,239; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.