Pepper*
#3,072 most common girls' name of all time · #5,269 across all names · 7% male / 93% female · used 1937–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#3,072
Rank overall
#5,269 of 105,966
First appeared
1937
Years on the list
79 of 146
All-time
3,551
Since 2016
1,380
Peak year
2021 #1,402
Best rank
#955 1975
Girls
Boys
peak 164/yr
Pepper first appears in 1937. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,904 |
| 2024 | 127 | — | 127 | #1,632 |
| 2023 | 129 | 5 | 134 | #1,621 |
| 2022 | 156 | 5 | 161 | #1,440 |
| 2021 | 156 | 8 | 164 | #1,402 |
| 2020 | 132 | — | 132 | #1,591 |
| 2019 | 145 | — | 145 | #1,504 |
| 2018 | 131 | 9 | 140 | #1,624 |
| 2017 | 123 | 7 | 130 | #1,727 |
| 2016 | 136 | 9 | 145 | #1,615 |
| 2015 | 152 | — | 152 | #1,501 |
| 2014 | 161 | — | 161 | #1,419 |
| 2013 | 154 | — | 154 | #1,455 |
| 2012 | 135 | 7 | 142 | #1,606 |
| 2011 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,743 |
| 2010 | 98 | 5 | 103 | #2,032 |
| 2009 | 67 | 10 | 77 | #2,709 |
| 2008 | 30 | 5 | 35 | #4,903 |
| 2007 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,859 |
| 2006 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,977 |
| 2005 | 17 | 8 | 25 | #6,870 |
| 2004 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #11,789 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2002 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #15,727 |
| 2001 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #9,457 |
| 2000 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #11,981 |
| 1999 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,499 |
| 1998 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #7,627 |
| 1997 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #14,041 |
| 1996 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #12,040 |
| 1995 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #12,017 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,012 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,789 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,509 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,288 |
| 1989 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,623 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,454 |
| 1987 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,496 |
| 1986 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,737 |
| 1985 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,143 |
| 1984 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1983 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1982 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,949 |
| 1981 | 24 | — | 24 | #3,471 |
| 1980 | 35 | — | 35 | #2,674 |
| 1979 | 48 | — | 48 | #2,097 |
| 1978 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,681 |
| 1977 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,319 |
| 1976 | 119 | — | 119 | #1,037 |
| 1975 | 132 | — | 132 | #955 |
| 1974 | 27 | 7 | 34 | #2,720 |
| 1973 | 20 | 7 | 27 | #3,279 |
| 1972 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,018 |
| 1971 | 18 | 5 | 23 | #3,579 |
| 1970 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,945 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,221 |
| 1968 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,522 |
| 1967 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,827 |
| 1966 | 17 | 5 | 22 | #3,106 |
| 1965 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,337 |
| 1964 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,464 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,719 |
| 1962 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,406 |
| 1960 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #5,004 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1958 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #5,778 |
| 1957 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1956 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,068 |
| 1955 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #5,022 |
| 1954 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #4,183 |
| 1953 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #4,480 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,049 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #5,824 |
| 1946 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1940 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1937 | — | 5 | 5 | — |