How rare is the name Poppy?

4,380 people in the United States have the first name Poppy, about 1 in 68,957. It ranks #4,322 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

POPPY

#4,322

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,380
About
1 in 68,957
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,380 people named Poppy, 80.7% reported their origin as White, 6.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.5% as two or more races. 97.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Poppy peaked in 2023, when 1,082 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19192025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
1,082
In 2025*
1,054 ▼3%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,546 babies have been given the name since 1919. 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.

Poppy by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #708. The largest share of babies named Poppy, 85.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#10,6457
1920s#8,53936
1930s#9,74313
1940s#9,67317
1950s#7,66557
1960s#8,90352
1970s#3,799334
1980s#17,15334
1990s#32,26711
2000s#6,120412
2010s#1,6383,080
2020s#7085,493
Greatest Generation 1901–270.4%
Silent Generation 1928–450.4%
Baby boom 1946–640.8%
Generation X 1965–803.9%
Millennials 1981–960.3%
Generation Z 1997–128.8%
2013 and later85.4%

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 Poppy is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Poppy has been most common in Utah (3.8×), Oregon (2.6×), and Washington (2.5×), and least common in Mississippi (0.34×).

8,093 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.

Exactly as common as Poppy

1 other first name also has 4,380 people.

#4,322 Silvio · 4,380

Either side of Poppy

#4,320 Yair · 4,382#4,321 Johnie · 4,381#4,322 Silvio · 4,380#4,324 Hobert · 4,379

Also a last name

As a last name, Poppy ranks #51,869 of 156,621, with 433 people. See Poppy as a last name

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