# Piper (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/piper/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpaɪpə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 62,934 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 216 / 62,718 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,188, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,737 | 110 |
| 2012 | 3,073 | 98 |
| 2013 | 3,191 | 97 |
| 2014 | 3,868 | 75 |
| 2015 | 4,140 | 67 |
| 2016 | 3,956 | 67 |
| 2017 | 3,567 | 81 |
| 2018 | 3,230 | 88 |
| 2019 | 3,188 | 84 |
| 2020 | 2,902 | 91 |
| 2021 | 2,741 | 96 |
| 2022 | 2,495 | 114 |
| 2023 | 2,075 | 135 |
| 2024 | 1,884 | 159 |
| 2025 | 1,940 | 155 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 10 | 7,861 |
| 2008 | 5 | 14,098 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,682 |
| 2010 | 13 | 6,616 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8,601 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,664 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,450 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,421 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,229 |
| 2016 | 12 | 7,037 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,991 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,447 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,564 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,477 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,988 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 76 | 545 |
| 2012 | 110 | 414 |
| 2013 | 86 | 492 |
| 2014 | 171 | 280 |
| 2015 | 219 | 230 |
| 2016 | 289 | 190 |
| 2017 | 334 | 166 |
| 2018 | 323 | 166 |
| 2019 | 303 | 168 |
| 2020 | 301 | 169 |
| 2021 | 308 | 168 |
| 2022 | 265 | 191 |
| 2023 | 238 | 207 |
| 2024 | 238 | 205 |
| 2025 | 221 | 212 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |

## People named Piper

- Piper Laurie, American actress (1932–2023)
- Piper Perabo, American actress
- Piper Curda, American actress
- Piper Gilles, American-Canadian ice dancer
- Piper Kerman, American felon and author
- Piper Logan, Canadian rugby sevens player
- Piper Mackenzie Harris, American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.