How rare is the name Piper?

46,877 people in the United States have the first name Piper, about 1 in 6,443. It ranks #947 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

PIPER

#947

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
46,877
About
1 in 6,443
This common or more
69.3%
Who bears it

Of the 46,877 people named Piper, 86.8% reported their origin as White, 5.7% as two or more races and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Piper peaked in 2015, when 4,154 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19512025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
4,154
In 2025*
1,940 ▼53%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 62,934 babies have been given the name since 1951. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Piper by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #210. The largest share of babies named Piper, 62.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#3,215295
1960s#2,514531
1970s#2,350719
1980s#3,124573
1990s#2,2871,273
2000s#53712,295
2010s#21033,192
2020s#29114,056
Baby boom 1946–640.8%
Generation X 1965–801.8%
Millennials 1981–961.7%
Generation Z 1997–1233.3%
2013 and later62.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Piper is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Piper has been most common in Alaska (2.8×), Idaho (2.7×), and Montana (2.3×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.21×).

60,321 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Piper

#945 Tatiana · 47,073#946 Hayley · 47,063#948 Perry · 46,765#949 Susana · 46,458

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Piper, most common first.

#36,519 Pieper · 217

Also a last name

As a last name, Piper ranks #1,628 of 156,621, with 21,405 people. See Piper as a last name

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