The name Piper is of English origin, and means one who plays a pipe (flute).
The table below indicates the number of times the name Piper has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Piper
Use of the Name Piper for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
4,292
4,292
4,292
4,292
3,969
2,104
1,204
The table below indicates the number of times the name Piper has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Piper first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1999, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Piper
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1999
698
323
2000
509
520
2001
411
705
2002
448
640
2003
342
900
2004
265
1,204
Totals:
4,292
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Piper as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Piper appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 6 times during the last 125 years.