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Piper

#522 most common girls' name of all time · #961 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1951–2025

Rank among girls
#522
Rank overall
#961 of 105,966
First appeared
1951
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
62,934
Since 2016
28,027
Peak year
2015 #67
Best rank
#67 2015
Girls Boys peak 4,154/yr
1960198020002020

Piper first appears in 1951. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 1,940 1,940 #155
2024 1,884 6 1,890 #159
2023 2,075 2,075 #135
2022 2,495 2,495 #114
2021 2,741 8 2,749 #96
2020 2,902 5 2,907 #91
2019 3,188 3,188 #84
2018 3,230 8 3,238 #88
2017 3,567 10 3,577 #81
2016 3,956 12 3,968 #67
2015 4,140 14 4,154 #67
2014 3,868 11 3,879 #75
2013 3,191 7 3,198 #97
2012 3,073 16 3,089 #98
2011 2,737 9 2,746 #110
2010 2,142 13 2,155 #144
2009 2,191 7 2,198 #147
2008 1,913 5 1,918 #172
2007 1,483 1,483 #240
2006 1,385 10 1,395 #246
2005 1,261 13 1,274 #259
2004 1,214 9 1,223 #266
2003 902 7 909 #343
2002 643 9 652 #448
2001 705 8 713 #411
2000 522 8 530 #511
1999 324 9 333 #698
1998 159 7 166 #1,178
1997 179 5 184 #1,064
1996 145 145 #1,221
1995 98 98 #1,553
1994 86 86 #1,723
1993 73 73 #1,927
1992 62 62 #2,170
1991 63 63 #2,117
1990 63 63 #2,090
1989 54 54 #2,232
1988 38 38 #2,777
1987 57 57 #1,971
1986 50 50 #2,135
1985 59 59 #1,891
1984 54 54 #1,934
1983 54 54 #1,918
1982 58 58 #1,868
1981 70 70 #1,658
1980 79 79 #1,515
1979 70 70 #1,616
1978 90 90 #1,335
1977 86 86 #1,334
1976 54 54 #1,765
1975 68 68 #1,511
1974 69 69 #1,459
1973 69 69 #1,428
1972 68 68 #1,445
1971 64 64 #1,542
1970 81 81 #1,319
1969 60 60 #1,544
1968 77 77 #1,252
1967 59 59 #1,458
1966 65 65 #1,365
1965 51 51 #1,572
1964 70 70 #1,348
1963 48 48 #1,668
1962 44 44 #1,729
1961 32 32 #2,115
1960 25 25 #2,428
1959 24 24 #2,391
1958 40 40 #1,732
1957 40 40 #1,727
1956 37 37 #1,758
1955 32 32 #1,905
1954 36 36 #1,738
1953 40 40 #1,564
1952 35 35 #1,679
1951 11 11 #3,479