Pepper Girl
How popular is Pepper?
#1,902 girl name in 2025
102 baby girls were named Pepper in the US in 2025, making it the 1902nd most popular girl name.
3,446living people named Pepper (est.)
13median age of people named Pepper
3,551babies named Pepper since 1880
1 in 32,503US babies born in 2025
Pepper popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,902 for girls (▼ 272 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 102 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,501 in 2015, #1,587 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (161 girls) |
| Highest rank | #951 in 1975 |
| First recorded | 1947 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 3% boys, 97% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Where Pepper is most popular
Babies named Pepper per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
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- Utah: 0.5 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- Idaho: 0.2 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Oklahoma: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Nevada: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (14 girls)
Pepper by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1950s | 45 | #3,909 |
| 1960s | 138 | #2,740 |
| 1970s | 552 | #951 |
| 1980s | 162 | #2,651 |
| 1990s | 58 | #7,527 |
| 2000s | 191 | #2,704 |
| 2010s | 1,353 | #1,416 |
| 2020s | 802 | #1,398 |
Girl names about as popular as Pepper
Questions
- Is Pepper a boy or girl name?
- Pepper is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Pepper were girls.
- How popular is the name Pepper?
- 102 baby girls were named Pepper in the US in 2025, making it the 1902nd most popular girl name.
- When was Pepper most popular?
- Pepper peaked in 2014, when 161 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #951 in 1975.
- How many people are named Pepper?
- 3,551 babies have been named Pepper in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,446 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Pepper most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Pepper was most common in Utah, at 0.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.