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How popular is the name Pippa?

Births per year, rank history and how many Pippas are alive today.

Pippa (female) sits just outside the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales, ranked 141st in 2025 with 348 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2018, when 470 babies were given the name, the 112th most popular that year. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 6,600 babies have been named Pippa in England and Wales since 1996.

The Pippa you are most likely to meet is around 9 years old. Half of all Pippas born in England and Wales are between 5 and 14, and there are at least 6,900 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 2.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Pippa.

How many babies are named Pippa each year?

0200400200020201996: 351997: 251998: 251999: 282000: 522001: 372002: 492003: 482004: 642005: 842006: 972007: 1022008: 1142009: 1252010: 1242011: 2502012: 3132013: 2842014: 3762015: 4062016: 4582017: 4672018: 4702019: 4112020: 4002021: 3982022: 3822023: 3512024: 3712025: 348actual

Where does Pippa rank among girls' names?

1101001,000200020201996: ranked 6711997: ranked 8741998: ranked 8691999: ranked 7942000: ranked 5352001: ranked 6852002: ranked 5822003: ranked 6072004: ranked 5142005: ranked 4382006: ranked 4242007: ranked 4042008: ranked 3852009: ranked 3512010: ranked 3652011: ranked 2042012: ranked 1652013: ranked 1842014: ranked 1482015: ranked 1382016: ranked 1272017: ranked 1172018: ranked 1122019: ranked 1252020: ranked 1202021: ranked 1282022: ranked 1332023: ranked 1402024: ranked 1362025: ranked 141

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Pippa per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 470 in 2018
Pippa: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Pippa most popular?

Pippa peaked in 2018, when 470 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Pippa?

At least 6,900 people named Pippa born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Pippa?

Most living Pippas are between 5 and 14; the most common age is about 9.

Is Pippa becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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