Pip was the #2,440 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (9 babies).
Pip as a boy’s name
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
England & Wales
2025
#2,440 (9)
2024
#3,255 (6)
2023
#1,407 (18)
2022
#1,782 (13)
2021
#2,301 (9)
2020
#1,492 (16)
2019
#1,506 (16)
2018
#2,445 (8)
2017
#3,040 (6)
2016
#2,175 (10)
2015
#3,373 (5)
2014
#2,964 (6)
2013
#1,920 (11)
2012
#2,117 (10)
2011
#2,892 (6)
Pip as a girl’s name
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
England & Wales
2024
#3,696 (6)
2023
#5,688 (3)
2022
#4,646 (4)
2021
#5,581 (3)
2020
#4,535 (4)
2019
#4,001 (5)
2018
#2,901 (8)
2015
#5,730 (3)
2014
#4,684 (4)
2013
#5,742 (3)
2012
#5,876 (3)
2011
#4,049 (5)
The tide so far
Peaked in England & Wales in 2023 at #1,407.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in England & Wales in 1997.
How common is it?
about 1 in 30,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.
Next year
On its recent trend, Pip is likely to keep falling in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 33,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 81,000.