Pepper

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Pepper: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Pepper: Recorded since 2001, it reached #2,201 in 2021, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#2201highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3262
2006	#5061
2007	#4294
2008	#2487
2009	#3936
2010	#4012
2011	#2636
2012	#2521
2013	#2887
2014	#3160
2015	#3615
2016	#2547
2017	#4763
2018	#3178
2019	#3541
2020	#4535
2021	#2201
2022	#4645
2023	#2927
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 20 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3262 among girls in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #2201 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 2001–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Pepper by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Pepper in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	25	5 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	72	10 of 10	7
2020s	33	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Pepper appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2201 in England and Wales in 2021.

Pepper's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2001 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,201, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
19 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amila · #2201, 19y
Arisa · #2201, 24y
Arshiya · #2201, 18y
Ileana · #2201, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Amila · #2201, 19y
Arshiya · #2201, 18y
Aryam · #2201, 12y
Ileana · #2201, 17y

Pepper and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Pepper without appearing here.

Pepper moved ahead of

Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #5785.
Kari Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4012 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2636 and #5785.
Debra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5061 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2487 and #5545.
Dianne Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4294 and #4294 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2487 and #5545.

Moved ahead of Pepper

Amalie Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3262 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #5061 and #816.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #1743.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2547 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2502.

Moved the opposite way to Pepper

Ezra Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pepper went from #2487 to #4192 while Ezra went from #3397 to #1302.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pepper went from #2887 to #4192 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pepper went from #2887 to #4192 while Noah went from #5742 to #1743.

Moved the same way as Pepper

Teddy Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pepper went from #2887 to #4192 and Teddy from #2460 to #5891.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2201 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Pepper

Pepper at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Pepper by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Pepper appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Pepper at a glance

Pepper by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Pepper appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Pepper and the names beside it

Pepper moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Pepper

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