Pihu — #16851 US girls' name
142 babies named Pihu in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 5% of names given to girls today.
63% of everyone ever named Pihu was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Pihu in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pihu
The Social Security Administration has registered 142 babies named Pihu between 2013 and 2024, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pihu currently holds the #16851 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pihu performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Pihu shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pihu in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pihu in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 142 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Pihu at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Pihu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2013
- Peak year (2015)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
Currently ranks #16851 among girls.
142 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 19 births in a single year.
Pihu by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 90 births that decade — 63% of Pihu's all-time total
Pihu decade highlights
- Peak decade 90 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Pihu's strongest decade
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
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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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2013–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.