Piper Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, Girl Names Like Piper

Piper Name Origin: English
Pronunciation: py-per
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Piper Name Meaning

Peppy and prim, Piper has been making sweet music on the charts since the early 2000s. A gorgeous name with a posh air, Piper has loads to love about her.

She fits in a number of today’s trends, similar to Harper in her occupational name roots. She also has the upscale vibe seen in Charlotte and Stella, a hint of British influence in there somewhere. An obvious musical choice, she fits in with Melody, Harmony, and Aria. If that’s not enough trends for you, she’s also a surname pick like Madison and Avery.

Piper may be modern, but she’s not at all too cutesy, aging well into adulthood. As a child, she has plenty of cute nicknames to choose from like Pip, Pippy, and Pippa. In adulthood, she’s a stunning choice, a mature pick despite her new wave of popularity. She has a splash of Hollywood to her as well, but she’s remarkably down to earth and doesn’t seem out of the norm on the playground.

Little Piper is playful as can be, a spunky girl with loads of energy. She has a perky sound that matches her stamina, the perfect name for an active little one. While proper in many ways, Piper isn’t afraid to roll up her sleeves and play.

Piper Name Popularity

How popular is the name Piper? Here’s everything we know.

Year	Rank	# Births	% Births
1910	—	0	0%
1911	—	0	0%
1912	—	0	0%
1913	—	0	0%
1914	—	0	0%
1915	—	0	0%
1916	—	0	0%
1917	—	0	0%
1918	—	0	0%
1919	—	0	0%
1920	—	0	0%
1921	—	0	0%
1922	—	0	0%
1923	—	0	0%
1924	—	0	0%
1925	—	0	0%
1926	—	0	0%
1927	—	0	0%
1928	—	0	0%
1929	—	0	0%
1930	—	0	0%
1931	—	0	0%
1932	—	0	0%
1933	—	0	0%
1934	—	0	0%
1935	—	0	0%
1936	—	0	0%
1937	—	0	0%
1938	—	0	0%
1939	—	0	0%
1940	—	0	0%
1941	—	0	0%
1942	—	0	0%
1943	—	0	0%
1944	—	0	0%
1945	—	0	0%
1946	—	0	0%
1947	—	0	0%
1948	—	0	0%
1949	—	0	0%
1950	—	0	0%
1951	—	0	0%
1952	1,526	11	0.0006%
1953	1,778	7	0.0004%
1954	1,855	6	0.0003%
1955	1,469	16	0.0009%
1956	2,137	5	0.0003%
1957	1,782	9	0.0005%
1958	1,702	11	0.0006%
1959	1,987	6	0.0003%
1960	2,039	6	0.0003%
1961	2,125	6	0.0003%
1962	2,010	7	0.0004%
1963	1,950	8	0.0004%
1964	1,540	19	0.0011%
1965	1,682	13	0.0008%
1966	1,636	15	0.001%
1967	1,572	17	0.0011%
1968	1,252	35	0.0023%
1969	1,908	11	0.0007%
1970	1,539	25	0.0016%
1971	1,605	22	0.0015%
1972	1,503	24	0.0018%
1973	1,453	26	0.002%
1974	1,785	16	0.0012%
1975	1,615	23	0.0018%
1976	2,142	10	0.0008%
1977	1,427	36	0.0027%
1978	1,597	27	0.002%
1979	1,924	17	0.0012%
1980	1,482	37	0.0025%
1981	2,346	11	0.0007%
1982	2,111	15	0.001%
1983	2,378	10	0.0007%
1984	2,474	9	0.0006%
1985	2,282	13	0.0009%
1986	2,444	11	0.0007%
1987	2,303	13	0.0009%
1988	2,601	11	0.0007%
1989	2,285	17	0.0011%
1990	2,228	20	0.0012%
1991	2,274	20	0.0012%
1992	2,996	9	0.0006%
1993	2,145	23	0.0015%
1994	2,056	25	0.0016%
1995	1,856	33	0.0022%
1996	1,259	86	0.0057%
1997	1,133	111	0.0075%
1998	1,221	97	0.0065%
1999	718	266	0.0178%
2000	518	473	0.031%
2001	410	671	0.0445%
2002	445	612	0.0408%
2003	340	889	0.0584%
2004	264	1,202	0.0789%
2005	258	1,247	0.0816%
2006	244	1,366	0.0872%
2007	237	1,470	0.0932%
2008	172	1,903	0.1231%
2009	147	2,180	0.1459%
2010	144	2,135	0.1482%
2011	110	2,725	0.1913%
2012	98	3,060	0.2147%
2013	97	3,186	0.2238%
2014	75	3,860	0.2649%
2015	67	4,122	0.2833%
2016	67	3,938	0.2731%
2017	80	3,535	0.2533%
2018	88	3,190	0.2322%
2019	84	3,156	0.2331%
2020	92	2,804	0.2203%
2021	93	2,575	0.2106%
2022	113	2,468	0.1871%

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Names Like Piper

If you like Piper, you’ll love these other names like Piper.

What names are diminutives of Piper?

A diminutive is a name that’s like Piper sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Piper, but shorter.

Name	Meaning	Origin	Popularity	Other Gender
Pippy	Horse lover	Greek

What names are variants of Piper?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Piper.

Name	Meaning	Origin	Popularity	Other Gender
Pipere	Pipe player	English

What names sound like Piper?

If you like how Piper sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Piper.

Name	Meaning	Origin	Popularity	Other Gender
Pepper	Pepper spice	English

What names are similar to Piper?

Find a name that’s like Piper, but just a little bit different.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Aria	Vocal solo	English
Bella	Beautiful one	Italian
Chloe	Green sprout	Greek
Delaney	From the alder grove	English
Harmony	Perfect unity	English
Harper	Harp Player	English
Lyric	Words to a song	English
Maisie	“A little pearl.” A diminutive form of Margaret.	Scottish
Melody	Song	English
Paisley	Church	Scottish

Lists With Piper

Find inspiration in these baby girl name lists featuring the name Piper.

Siblings of Piper

Mamas with kids named Piper also have kids with these names.

Name	Meaning	Origin	Popularity	Other Gender
Britta	Exalted one; from Brittany or Great Britain	Scandinavian

Craig	Rock, rocky	Scottish
Keira	Black	Irish
Tucker	Cloth softener	English
Summer	Summer season	English
Willow	Willow tree	English
Bayleigh	Berry clearing; bailiff; city fortification	English
Alyson	Noble, exalted	German
Austin	Great	English
Stanley	Stony meadow	English

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30 Comments

Kelsey Jan 25 at 8:16 am

Piper is very coming back and such a unique name, at the same time. I’ve loved this name since I was a young girl (I’m 31) because of the classic Charmed TV series. I’ve found a lot of compliments on my lo’s name and I’m still loving it, 9 months in?

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Amber Dec 20 at 9:50 am

I thought of it in a plant store looking at plants. It was the name of a plant

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Dani Oct 26 at 3:23 am

My oldest daughter is Piper Izabelle

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Jessi Apr 25 at 4:50 pm

We just loved the name piper- my husband also flies piper warrior planes and her middle name is Louise after my mother and grandmother. Louise means famous warrior so she is our little piper warrior?

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Piper Nov 29 at 11:19 am

hi
I love the name because i am unique

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- Pyper Froman Jan 3 at 6:26 pm
  
  Same ever one says oh your name is great
  
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Tonya Nov 18 at 8:08 am

I chose piper cause I loved that name

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Lindsey Oct 3 at 10:54 am

I chose Piper for a name for my little girl because it was very unique and beautiful ?

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Brittany Jun 27 at 9:17 am

Piper was my husbands first choice for a girl. Which it took us 6 months to even decide on two names. It was either Piper or Raylynn.

I was an instant no to the name Piper because I was a school teacher and my first year I had a Piper. She was a complete handful and sassy…. Shew it was bad. So I stuck with raylynn, but then as my husband and I got to talking about what she might possibly look like I agreed if she was red headed Piper would be a cute name. The constant thought of that really got my brain into loving the name Piper and each day I found myself thinking more about the name Piper rather than Raylynn.

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Piper Feb 16 at 10:38 pm

For years I hated my name because I hadn’t met someone named piper, just knowing that other people’s name is piper make me love my name more every day

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- Leala Mar 11 at 3:17 pm
  
  I chose this name for my little girl and we loved reading this description of it!!! So cute! Thank you!
  
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  - Leala Mar 11 at 3:18 pm
    
    Forgot to add – we call her Pi (or 3.14 ?) for a nickname
    
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- Piper Feb 2 at 2:49 pm
  
  I hated my name too! People called me knveqhilkj
  
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courtney Jan 27 at 4:58 pm

We chose the name Piper for our girl after my husbands favorite pastor and theologian, John Piper. John Piper had had a great influence on my husbands walk with the Lord. We didn’t have many girl names picked out but we loved the name Evangeline… although we didn’t want to shorten it to Evie of Eve as those names are very popular right now…and then he brought up the name Piper- and it just stuck! Her name is Piper Evangeline 🙂 she’s our little sweet P!?

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- James Feb 9 at 5:11 pm
  
  My bffs name in san tx is piper
  
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Tina Dec 27 at 9:12 am

At first when heard the name I did not like it and it grew on me over my pregnancy months and when we found out it was a girl on her birthday we knew we wanted to name her Piper.

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Kelsey Dec 1 at 12:01 pm

It took us a very long time to come to the name Piper. It was the first name that we both agreed on actually. I dislike that it rhymes with diaper – Piper diaper. Our last name starts with P, so she is also PP. Won’t come up often, but something to think about. It’s a great name, and we don’t regret it. 🙂

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Valerie Nov 8 at 3:38 pm

An acquaintance’s daughter had the same name and we loved the sound of it. The other Piper is also a very confident, cheeky and happy wee girl so positive name associations as well. It worked well with our Piper’s surname too

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- piper Nov 28 at 7:46 pm
  
  hearing someone say such lovely words about my name makes me so happy i know you are talking about your dater but i am also piper and it makes me fell good to see that i am not the only one my name seemed so rare i never herd anyone with it before to see that there are so many others just makes my day i am 14 and everyone i meet loves me so you choose the right name i am not perfect but i am kind respectful a very wise for my age i just thought you might want to know how your might grow up to be i mean nobody’s the same but hopefully she is a lot like me
  PS- my parents say i’m the most respectful out of the 3 i’m not always respectful but i know when i should listen or not sometime i just choose not ti she dose end up being like me you will definitely say the same
  Piper Neely
  
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Brandi Apr 12 at 12:45 pm

She’s my litte preemie love ? piper is named after my cousins daughter who passed.

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Heather Mar 16 at 7:37 am

Piper was a perfect compromise between me and my husband. It’s spunky but still feminine, unique but not obscure, and just a little boho for Mama ? her middle name is the same as mine, Allyce (a-LEESE).

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Kelsey Feb 14 at 12:34 pm

My husband picked the name out from a book serious he was reading. I didn’t like the name at first but it soon grew on me. I got to choose the middle name and decided on piper rose-Elizabeth ? she came 2 weeks early (our son was 6 weeks early) and healthy and just an amazing baby all around ?

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DjandBrit Jan 22 at 11:19 am

Just thought it was cute and i love the name

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Lessliee Nov 24 at 10:56 am

I live sand Pipers

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Chantelle Jul 4 at 10:16 am

Strong, not too feminine or childish.

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Tiffany Jun 8 at 3:16 pm

I love older names, but her dad likes trendier/newer names. Piper felt like a good middle. It feels timeless, but is a newer trend!!

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Teela Apr 23 at 12:24 pm

I saw the name Piper on an online name list and loved it right away. My husband finally agreed on a name I proposed so we went with it and are really happy we did!

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Cindy Apr 13 at 11:55 am

My husband chose our first daughter’s name, Piper. We looked through baby name books and picked some favorites. His favorite was Piper and, after much deliberation, he told me I could name all of the rest of our children if we named our first child Piper.

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vanessa Apr 13 at 11:52 am

It isn’t too extremely common but mainly it was literally the only name we could agree on lol.

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Kayla Apr 11 at 4:54 pm

This name suits our spunky, sweet and thoughtful little girl. It’s also a name I believe will grow well with her

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