Pyper

Pyper was the #2,859 girls' name in the US in 2025 (59 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales and #3,478 in Canada.

Pyper as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Pyper as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Pyper as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#2,859 (59)#4,867 (4)#539 (5)—#3,478 (5)
2024#2,585 (68)—#638 (4)—#2,259 (9)
2023#3,181 (51)#3,599 (6)——#2,366 (8)
2022#2,364 (78)#5,670 (3)#760 (3)#305 (5)—
2021#2,024 (95)#3,192 (7)#442 (7)—#1,454 (16)
2020#1,728 (116)#2,449 (10)#544 (5)—#2,591 (7)
2019#1,679 (125)#2,286 (11)#376 (9)—#1,922 (11)
2018#1,346 (167)#3,178 (7)#502 (6)#218 (8)#1,741 (12)
2017#1,291 (182)#2,706 (9)#369 (9)#355 (4)#1,454 (16)
2016#1,173 (214)#2,367 (11)#585 (5)—#1,157 (22)
2015#1,088 (240)#2,705 (9)#509 (6)#358 (4)#864 (31)
2014#970 (275)#4,003 (5)#430 (8)—#1,077 (24)
2013#1,026 (243)#2,887 (8)#816 (3)—#758 (37)
2012#1,111 (223)#3,285 (7)#665 (4)—#966 (27)
2011#1,224 (196)#3,185 (7)——#873 (30)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #970.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1978.

How common is it?

about 1 in 27,000 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 27,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Pyper is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 32,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 22,000 to 1 in 46,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Pyper 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: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: 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: #3,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Pyper (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
PyperCanadaGirls#3,4785
PyperEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
PyperNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
PyperScotlandGirls#5395
PyperUSGirls#2,85959