Girls' name · peaked in 2015
Piper name popularity since 1925
62,934 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Piper. Half of them were born in 2015 or earlier, so the typical Piper is about 11 years old in 2026. Piper peaked in 2015 as the #67 name for girls, and it ranked #155 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 62,934
- Named Piper, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #155
- for girls in 2025 (1,940 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 62,718 girls · 216 boys
- Most popular in
- Idaho
- 2.65× its national share
Peak year is the year Piper made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Piper births per year, 1925–2025
2015 was the biggest year for Piper both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1998 and 2003, Piper became 5.5× more common, from 1 in 11,100 baby girls to 1 in 2,030.
- Steepest fall: Between 2019 and 2024, its share of baby girls fell by 39%, from 1 in 526 to 1 in 860.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Piper's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Piper.
Decade by decade
Babies named Piper in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 295 | 0 | #1,901 |
| 1960s | 531 | 0 | #1,572 |
| 1970s | 719 | 0 | #1,511 |
| 1980s | 573 | 0 | #1,895 |
| 1990s | 1,252 | 21 | #1,557 |
| 2000s | 12,219 | 76 | #259 |
| 2010s | 33,092 | 100 | #67 |
| 2020–25 | 14,037 | 19 | #155 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
62.4% of babies named Piper from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Piper is most popular
The index compares Piper's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Piper.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 2.65× | 643 |
| Montana | 2.35× | 419 |
| New Hampshire | 2.18× | 419 |
| Utah | 2.08× | 1,078 |
| Oregon | 1.99× | 1,141 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Piper and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Piper (this page) | 62,718 | 2015 |
| Pyper | 3,307 | 2014 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Piper's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Piper.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Piper (2015).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data