Piper

Piper

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Piper is an English given name meaning "piper". It is a transferred use of the surname, which originated as an occupational name in England in the Middle Ages for a pipe player.

From Wikipedia

Piper first appears in the data in 1997 and has been recorded in 20 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 289 babies (rank #191 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Piper

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Piper yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
5Soul urgeThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,654

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

289

Peak in a single year

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1997	3	#4,621
1998	3	#4,655
1999	3	#4,696
2000	22	#989
2001	39	#668
2002	68	#460
2003	69	#477
2004	68	#493
2005	100	#395
2006	96	#429
2007	71	#523
2008	49	#730
2009	58	#645
2010	51	#727
2011	76	#550
2012	110	#418
2013	86	#498
2014	171	#281
2015	219	#231
2016	289	#191

Year

Babies

Rank

1997

#4,621

1998

#4,655

1999

#4,696

2000

#989

2001

#668

2002

#460

2003

#477

2004

#493

2005

100

#395

2006

#429

2007

#523

2008

#730

2009

#645

2010

#727

2011

#550

2012

110

#418

2013

#498

2014

171

#281

2015

219

#231

2016

289

#191

Meaning

Numerology of Piper

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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