Piper
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning pipe player.
Babies a year
3,552
the US, 2017
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#155
up from #160
UK popularity
#212
221 babies · down from #205
How Piper has moved
View as table
| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #67 |
| 2016 | #67 |
| 2017 | #80 |
| 2018 | #88 |
| 2019 | #84 |
| 2020 | #91 |
| 2021 | #96 |
| 2022 | #113 |
| 2023 | #133 |
| 2024 | #160 |
| 2025 | #155 |
Piper by the numbers
In 2025, 221 babies in England and Wales were named Piper. In the US, 3,552 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 4,126 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Piper. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Pyperpipe player; a modern spelling of Piper179 in the US (2017)
- Pieperone who plays the pipe; an occupational name8 in the US (2017)
- Pippahorse lover; diminutive of Philippa348 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pepperthe spice; a nickname for a spirited person128 in the US (2017)
- Pilarpillar; from Spanish title of Virgin Mary56 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Piper
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