How Many People Are Named Piper?
An estimated 60,167 people in the United States have the first name Piper. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 13 years old, and Piper peaked in popularity in 2015 with 4,153 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Piper as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Piper paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- While Piper is overwhelmingly female, 216 male births have been registered with this name since 1880.
- Piper is a modern name. With an average bearer age of just 13, it has gained most of its popularity in recent years.
Estimated Living Americans
60,167
About 1 in 5,697 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
99.6% confidence
Average Age
13
years old
Peak Year
2015
4,153 births
Total Registered
60,973
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Piper
Piper is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 60,973 total births registered, 99.6% were female.
Piper as a male name
Ranked #11,939 in 2024
6 male births in 2024
Peak: 2012 (16 births)
Piper as a female name
Ranked #160 in 2024
1,877 female births in 2024
Peak: 2015 (4,139 births)
Piper: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Piper span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 33,185 babies were registered. While Piper is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Piper by Decade
How has Piper tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Piper by State
Birth registrations for Piper span all 51 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, California, Ohio. The lowest are in District of Columbia, Rhode Island, Hawaii. On average, about 1,144 Pipers were registered per state.
Piper + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Piper as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Piper
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Piper: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Piper?
We estimate approximately 60,167 people named Piper are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 5,697 Americans share this first name.
Is Piper a common name?
Piper is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 99.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 60,973 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Piper most popular?
Piper reached peak popularity in 2015, when 4,153 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Piper is approximately 13 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Piper a female name?
Piper is predominantly female. 99.6% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Piper Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Piper Smith, Piper Johnson, Piper Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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