Poppy — #338 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Poppy

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,477 babies named Poppy between 1919 and 2024, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Poppy currently holds the #338 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 1,076 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Poppy performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 4,426 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Poppy shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,258 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Poppy in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Poppy 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 8,477 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.