Piper

Piper was the #155 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,940 babies), and #212 in England & Wales and #202 in Canada.

Piper as a girl’s name

US
England & Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Canada
NSW
VIC

Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.

Show the numbers

Year	US	England & Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	Ireland	Canada	NSW	VIC
2025	#155 (1,940)	#212 (221)	#135 (33)	#205 (8)	#443 (8)	#202 (149)	#100 (70)	#92 (69)
2024	#159 (1,884)	#205 (238)	#157 (27)	#337 (4)	#556 (6)	#220 (132)	#90 (78)	#100 (59)
2023	#135 (2,075)	#207 (238)	#119 (35)	#264 (6)	#555 (6)	#165 (157)	#82 (80)	—
2022	#114 (2,495)	#191 (265)	#122 (35)	#354 (4)	#357 (11)	#163 (165)	#73 (93)	#77 (75)
2021	#96 (2,741)	#168 (308)	#105 (42)	#298 (5)	#258 (17)	#132 (208)	#66 (113)	#66 (89)
2020	#91 (2,902)	#169 (301)	#91 (48)	#158 (12)	#336 (12)	#127 (205)	#66 (110)	#78 (75)
2019	#84 (3,188)	#168 (303)	#134 (36)	#200 (9)	#284 (16)	#109 (234)	#66 (103)	#57 (108)
2018	#88 (3,230)	#166 (323)	#78 (56)	#273 (6)	#387 (11)	#119 (221)	#55 (117)	#64 (82)
2017	#81 (3,567)	#166 (334)	#119 (41)	#239 (7)	#341 (12)	#113 (242)	#50 (118)	#47 (97)
2016	#67 (3,956)	#190 (289)	#103 (45)	#211 (9)	#335 (13)	#104 (272)	#51 (128)	#42 (99)
2015	#67 (4,140)	#230 (219)	#160 (28)	#312 (5)	#462 (9)	#79 (343)	#42 (151)	#89 (54)
2014	#75 (3,868)	#280 (171)	#306 (13)	#439 (3)	#752 (4)	#85 (328)	#62 (108)	#78 (65)
2013	#97 (3,191)	#492 (86)	#413 (8)	#327 (5)	—	#122 (252)	#75 (96)	#99 (53)
2012	#98 (3,073)	#414 (110)	#467 (7)	—	#768 (4)	#143 (215)	#62 (116)	#74 (68)
2011	#110 (2,737)	#545 (76)	#317 (12)	—	—	#153 (203)	#75 (93)	#75 (67)

The tide so far

Peaked in the US in 2015 at #67.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1951.

How common is it?

about 1 in 830 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

Where	Sex	Latest year	Share	Verdict
US	Girls	2025	about 1 in 830	common
England & Wales	Girls	2025	about 1 in 1,100	uncommon
Scotland	Girls	2025	about 1 in 540	common
Northern Ireland	Girls	2025	about 1 in 910	common
Ireland	Girls	2025	about 1 in 2,600	uncommon
Canada	Girls	2025	about 1 in 1,000	uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Piper is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 970 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 860 to 1 in 1,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Piper (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.

#1–10
#11–50
#51–100
#101–500
below #500

Across Canada

Province	Year	Rank	Babies
Ontario	2024	#298	42

Piper (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

Spelling	Where	Sex	Latest rank	Babies
Piper	Canada	Girls	#202	149
Piper	Canada	Boys	—	too few
Piper	England & Wales	Girls	#212	221
Piper	England & Wales	Boys	—	too few
Piper	Ireland	Girls	#443	8
Piper	Northern Ireland	Girls	#205	8
Piper	Northern Ireland	Boys	—	too few
Piper	NSW	Girls	#100	70
Piper	Scotland	Girls	#135	33
Piper	US	Girls	#155	1,940
Piper	US	Boys	—	too few
Piper	VIC	Girls	#92	69