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How popular is the name Poppie?

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

Poppie (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Poppy in England and Wales, ranked 997th in 2025 with 34 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2013, when 108 babies were given the name, the 394th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1097 in 2024 before climbing back to the 997th place it holds today. Numbers have been falling in recent years.

Across all spellings of the name, the Poppy you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Poppies born in England and Wales are between 8 and 19, and there are at least 59,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 17% chance that at least one of them will be called Poppy.

How many babies are named Poppie each year?

Includes all spellings: Poppie, Poppy. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

01k2k3k200020201996: 5521997: 4871998: 5511999: 5282000: 6082001: 6272002: 8402003: 1,2232004: 1,2762005: 1,6082006: 1,8332007: 1,9452008: 2,0242009: 2,2962010: 2,7922011: 3,0302012: 3,3082013: 3,5302014: 3,3782015: 2,9022016: 2,6032017: 2,6062018: 2,2932019: 2,0692020: 1,8822021: 1,8782022: 1,8972023: 1,7882024: 1,9192025: 1,823actual

Where does the Poppie spelling rank?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 1,2221997: ranked 1,0451998: ranked 1,1651999: ranked 1,4732000: ranked 1,6882001: ranked 1,7282002: ranked 1,5302003: ranked 1,0262004: ranked 8832005: ranked 8242006: ranked 7832007: ranked 6042008: ranked 7222009: ranked 5512010: ranked 4762011: ranked 4402012: ranked 4352013: ranked 3942014: ranked 4112015: ranked 5002016: ranked 4522017: ranked 5492018: ranked 6142019: ranked 7962020: ranked 8212021: ranked 9362022: ranked 7462023: ranked 1,0302024: ranked 1,0972025: ranked 997

Where does the Poppy spelling rank?

110100200200020201996: ranked 921997: ranked 1081998: ranked 981999: ranked 1002000: ranked 862001: ranked 842002: ranked 632003: ranked 432004: ranked 452005: ranked 352006: ranked 302007: ranked 282008: ranked 282009: ranked 222010: ranked 162011: ranked 142012: ranked 132013: ranked 72014: ranked 52015: ranked 102016: ranked 132017: ranked 82018: ranked 112019: ranked 172020: ranked 172021: ranked 172022: ranked 132023: ranked 112024: ranked 82025: ranked 7

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 Poppie per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 3,530 in 2013
Poppie: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Poppie most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Poppy, peaked in 2013, when 3,530 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Poppie spelling itself peaked in 2013, with 108 babies.

How many people are called Poppie?

At least 59,000 people named Poppie in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Poppie?

Most living Poppies are between 8 and 19; the most common age is about 13.

Is Poppie becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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