Piper

What Piper means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Piper yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Piper?

US: Falling: down from #67 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #230 in 2015, #212 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2015, when 4,140 girls got the name (#67 that year). First in the US records in 1951.

How common

• About 1 in 828 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,146 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 542 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (9.24 per 1,000 girls), WY (6.17 per 1,000 girls), MT (5.66 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Piper is #155 in the US and #212 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Piper were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Pepper102 US · 4 E&W
• Pyper59 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Piper

Girls

• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Brinley#608Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #608 vs #5,927 in 2025
• Kinley#691Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #235 in 2015, #691 in 2025
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Karsyn#718Editor’s note Used for both: 70% of US babies named Karsyn in 2025 were girls

For a brother

• Camden#205“enclosure + valley”^*
• Kamden#717Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1986, with 6 babies
• Jaxon#115Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #115 in 2025
• Bryson#152Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #152 vs #1,066 in 2025
• Cason#846“house”^*
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Piper’s. Rank is US 2025.