Pilot

A boys’ name of Old French origin, meaning one who steers a ship; an occupational name.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Pilot by the numbers

Pilot was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Pilot. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Pilarpillar; from Spanish title of Virgin Mary56 in the US (2017)
  • Philolover of; friend10 in the US (2017)
  • Piotrstone or rock; slavic form of peter7 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Pilot

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