Girls' name · since 2013
Pihu
Pihu has 142 recorded births since 2013 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,363 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 142
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Pihu is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 142 have been recorded since 2013.
Pihu has 142 recorded births among girls since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2024.
- #23,363 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 142 born since 2013
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pihu ranks #23,363 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 142 born since 2013, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,363 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 142
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Pihu's 142 recorded births place it above 67.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
Pihu's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Pihu's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2024, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Pihu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2024
- Peak year (2015)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2024.
142 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 19 births in a single year.
Pihu by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (90 births, 63% of the file).
2010s was Pihu's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Pihu births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
90 births
- 2020s
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 90 births (63% of all-time use).
Pihu decade highlights
- Peak decade 90 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Pihu by state
Where Pihu concentrates geographically, total births since 2013
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 5 | 3.5% |
5 of 142 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 3.5% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- Pihu's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (90 total births) through the 2020s (52) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New Jersey records the most Pihus (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pihu: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~11 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2013–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Pihu draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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