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Piper

Girl's name · #155 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Piper's best rank, #67, came in 2015; it has settled back to #155 today. Roughly 63,000 girls have been named Piper since 1951.

US use of Piper more than doubled in 1999, the year after Charmed premiered, with Holly Marie Combs as the witch Piper Halliwell.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#87 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #92 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #100 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #138 in Scotland (2025) · #139 in New Zealand (2025) · #213 in England & Wales (2025) · #224 in N. Ireland (2025) · #476 in Ireland (2025) · #219 in Canada (2024).

Famous Pipers

• Piper Laurie — American actress (1932–2023)
• Piper Perabo — American actress
• Piper Curda — American actress
• Piper Gilles — American-Canadian ice dancer
• Piper Kerman — American felon and author

In stories & tradition

• Piper Halliwell — Charmed (comics)
• Piper Chapman — Orange Is the New Black (TV series)
• Piper McLean — The Heroes of Olympus (novel series)

What Pipers become

Among 49 notable people named Piper:

Entertainers appear 2.5× more often than among typical names — e.g. Piper Laurie, American actress (1932–2023).

Similar names: Reagan · Peyton · Rylee · Ember · Skylar · River

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