How popular is the name Piper?

Piper ranks 473rd among girls' names in US records, with 64,219 births since 1951. Over the past decade it accounts for 31,495.

Is Piper a unisex name?

No. Piper is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2015, when 4,379 children were given the name. It has been in use for 74 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#473 of girl names

Pronounced P AY1 P ER0 (ARPABET)

Piper is a girls' name, and first appears in 1951. It has been given to 64,219 children — the 473rd most common girls' name on record.

It is gaining, with the past decade running 27% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2015, when 4,379 children were given it.

2015Girls: 4,379Boys: 14

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Piper?: Piper ranks 473rd among girls' names in US records, with 64,219 births since 1951. Over the past decade it accounts for 31,495.
Is Piper a unisex name?: No. Piper is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Piper most popular?: 2015, when 4,379 children were given the name. It has been in use for 74 years and is still recorded as of 2024.