Pippin — #11831 US unisex name
61 babies named Pippin in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 33% of names given to girls today.
57% of everyone ever named Pippin was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Pippin in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pippin
The Social Security Administration has registered 61 babies named Pippin between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pippin currently holds the #11831 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Pippin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 49 additional births since 2016.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pippin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Pippin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pippin 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 61 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.
Pippin at a glance
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Current rank
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Pippin popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2018)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #11831 among girls.
61 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 9 births in a single year.
Pippin popularity over time — boys
49 total births recorded since 2016 (Pippin as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Pippin accounts for 45% of total recorded use across both genders.
Pippin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 35 births that decade — 57% of Pippin's all-time total
Pippin decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Pippin's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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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, 2009–2024 (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.