Pepper

Girl's name · #1907 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Pepper reached its best rank, #956, in 1975 and ranked #1907 in 2025. Roughly 3,300 girls have been named Pepper since 1947.

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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#2,952 in Canada (2024).

Pepper Binkley — American actress
Pepper LaBeija — American drag queen and head of New York's House of LaBeija (1948–2003)
Pepper Schwartz — American sexologist and sociologist
Pepper MaShay — American musician
Pepper Jay — American journalist

Among 39 notable people named Pepper:

Entertainers appear 2.15× more often than among typical names — e.g. Pepper Binkley, American actress.

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