Pepper
Rank in 2025
#1902
recorded as girls
Down 272 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
102
girls 102
Peak year
2022
156 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
3,551
since 1937
Born a Pepper? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Pepper was most popular in 2022, when 156 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.10 per 1,000). In 2025, 102 babies were named Pepper, ranking #1902 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 102 | 1902 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 127 | 1630 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 129 | 1614 | 5 | 12239 |
| 2022 | 156 | 1437 | 5 | 12330 |
| 2021 | 156 | 1398 | 8 | 8825 |
| 2020 | 132 | 1587 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 145 | 1502 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 131 | 1623 | 9 | 8154 |
| 2017 | 123 | 1721 | 7 | 9696 |
| 2016 | 136 | 1614 | 9 | 8146 |
| 2015 | 152 | 1501 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 161 | 1416 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 154 | 1451 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 135 | 1602 | 7 | 9709 |
| 2011 | 118 | 1741 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 98 | 2028 | 5 | 12231 |
| 2009 | 67 | 2705 | 10 | 7692 |
| 2008 | 30 | 4882 | 5 | 12553 |
| 2007 | 19 | 6812 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 28 | 4953 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 17 | 6820 | 8 | 8299 |
| 2004 | 8 | 11624 | 9 | 7536 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 6 | 9581 |
| 2002 | 5 | 15432 | 6 | 9392 |
| 2001 | 10 | 9351 | 5 | 10556 |
| 2000 | 7 | 11801 | 5 | 10349 |
| 1999 | 8 | 10345 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 12 | 7532 | 5 | 9631 |
| 1997 | 5 | 13724 | 7 | 7281 |
| 1996 | 6 | 11807 | 5 | 9015 |
| 1995 | 6 | 11783 | 9 | 5928 |
| 1994 | 6 | 11778 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 5 | 13442 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 5 | 13147 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 5 | 12958 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 12 | 6531 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 7 | 9244 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 9 | 7353 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 10 | 6612 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 11 | 6031 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 21 | 3726 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 13 | 5148 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 20 | 3898 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 24 | 3436 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 35 | 2651 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 48 | 2088 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 63 | 1669 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 88 | 1315 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 119 | 1036 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 132 | 951 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 27 | 2683 | 7 | 4190 |
| 1973 | 20 | 3233 | 7 | 4054 |
| 1972 | 22 | 2976 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 18 | 3508 | 5 | 4907 |
| 1970 | 15 | 3872 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 9 | 5057 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 15 | 3456 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 20 | 2781 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 17 | 3040 | 5 | 3948 |
| 1965 | 15 | 3264 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 15 | 3379 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 9 | 4539 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 20 | 2741 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 10 | 4239 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 8 | 4773 | 7 | 3337 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 5 | 3988 |
| 1958 | 6 | 5408 | 7 | 3275 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 13 | 2274 |
| 1956 | 10 | 3910 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 7 | 4740 | 6 | 3505 |
| 1954 | 9 | 3967 | 6 | 3452 |
| 1953 | 8 | 4226 | 7 | 3143 |
| 1952 | 5 | 5563 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 5 | 3681 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 5 | 3668 |
| 1947 | 5 | 5295 | 8 | 2862 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 6 | 3173 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 6 | 3130 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 5 | 3518 |
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Where Pepper is most popular
- Utah7.8×
- Washington3.6×
- California1.9×
- Florida1.3×
- Texas1.3×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 93% · boys 7% across all years