Pippa

Pippa was the #1,855 girls' name in the US in 2025 (107 babies), and #141 in England & Wales and #1,577 in Canada.

Pippa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Pippa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Pippa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#1,855 (107)#141 (348)#211 (18)#126 (16)#118 (39)#1,577 (15)#75 (97)#88 (71)
2024#2,462 (73)#136 (371)#230 (16)#127 (16)#110 (43)#1,949 (11)#77 (91)#68 (94)
2023#2,494 (71)#140 (351)#210 (19)#115 (18)#114 (41)#1,312 (18)#78 (83)#71 (82)
2022#1,930 (103)#133 (382)#179 (24)#67 (32)#105 (49)#2,553 (7)#86 (80)#70 (86)
2021#1,768 (115)#128 (398)#205 (20)#143 (16)#90 (62)#2,021 (10)#88 (84)#81 (76)
2020#2,005 (93)#120 (400)#186 (21)#103 (20)#95 (56)#1,758 (12)—#98 (61)
2019#1,864 (108)#125 (411)#267 (14)#107 (20)#114 (48)#1,471 (16)—#88 (70)
2018#2,026 (96)#112 (470)#200 (22)#80 (29)#77 (82)#1,567 (14)—#91 (59)
2017#1,815 (114)#117 (467)#210 (21)#110 (21)#89 (66)#1,673 (13)——
2016#1,972 (101)#127 (458)#336 (11)#166 (13)#110 (54)#1,335 (18)——
2015#2,080 (94)#138 (406)#210 (21)#116 (20)#113 (56)#1,202 (20)——
2014#1,736 (120)#148 (376)#182 (25)#136 (17)#171 (32)#1,395 (17)—#88 (59)
2013#2,305 (80)#184 (284)#506 (6)#135 (15)#185 (31)#1,599 (14)—#80 (66)
2012#1,875 (107)#165 (313)#233 (20)#203 (9)#174 (33)#1,904 (11)—#71 (72)
2011#2,555 (70)#204 (250)#273 (15)#154 (14)#207 (26)#1,426 (16)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #1,768.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1957.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 baby girls in the published US 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 730common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 990common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 460common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 540common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Pippa is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 20,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 33,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Pippa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: #704UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,714TXFlorida: #2,151FL
Pippa (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PippaCanadaGirls#1,57715
PippaEngland & WalesGirls#141348
PippaIrelandGirls#11839
PippaNorthern IrelandGirls#12616
PippaNSWGirls#7597
PippaScotlandGirls#21118
PippaUSGirls#1,855107
PippaVICGirls#8871