Pippa — #2470 US girls' name
1,594 babies named Pippa in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 86% of names given to girls today.
57% of everyone ever named Pippa was born in this single decade.
120 babies were named Pippa in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pippa
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,594 babies named Pippa between 1957 and 2024, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pippa currently holds the #2470 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 120 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pippa performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 906 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Pippa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 73 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Pippa in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pippa 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 1,594 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.
Pippa at a glance
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Current rank
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Pippa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1957
- Peak year (2014)
- 120
- Annual births at peak — across 68 years of records
Currently ranks #2470 among girls.
1,594 total births across 68 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 120 births in a single year.
Pippa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 906 births that decade — 57% of Pippa's all-time total
Pippa decade highlights
- Peak decade 906 births
- Runner-up 454 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Pippa's strongest decade
906 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Pippa by state
Where Pippa concentrates geographically — total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 73 | 4.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 55 | 3.5% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 32 | 2.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 31 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 25 | 1.6% |
| #6 | Washington | | 23 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Minnesota | | 22 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Utah | | 21 | 1.3% |
73 of 1,594 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.6% of nationwide
- Texas 3.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.0% of nationwide
- New York 1.9% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 24 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Pippa appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1957–2024 (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.