Poppy-May

Poppy-May was the #3,333 girls' name in England & Wales in 2025 (7 babies).

Poppy-May as a girl’s name

  • England & Wales
Poppy-May as a girl’s name, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1996–2025, for England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.2200020052010201520202025England & Wales
Poppy-May as a girl’s name, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1996–2025, for England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.2200020102020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearEngland & Wales
2025#3,333 (7)
2024#2,116 (13)
2023#4,057 (5)
2022#1,849 (15)
2021#3,519 (6)
2020#1,687 (17)
2019#2,643 (9)
2018#1,343 (24)
2017#2,706 (9)
2016#2,008 (14)
2015#1,649 (18)
2014#1,204 (28)
2013#1,075 (33)
2012#1,387 (23)
2011#1,903 (14)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2013 at #1,075.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in England & Wales in 2006.

How common is it?

about 1 in 36,000 baby girls 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, Poppy-May is likely to keep rising in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 28,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,300 to 1 in 85,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.