Pippa

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Pippa: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #44 in 2013, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
82times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#44highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#671
1997	#874
1998	#869
1999	#794
2000	#535
2001	#685
2002	#582
2003	#607
2004	#514
2005	#438
2006	#424
2007	#404
2008	#385
2009	#351
2010	#365
2011	#204
2012	#165
2013	#184
2014	#148
2015	#138
2016	#127
2017	#117
2018	#112
2019	#125
2020	#120
2021	#128
2022	#133
2023	#140
2024	#136

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2025: #75 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #118 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #671 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2010–2022
Highest recorded position: #44 among girls in New Zealand, in 2013 (recorded 2010–2022).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #75 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Pippa appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 6,346 births with the name.

Pippa across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Pippa's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#671 (1996)	#112 (2018)	#136 (2024)	29 of 29	6,346 (1996–2024)	470 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#576 (2004)	#77 (2018)	#118 (2025)	22 of 22	764 (2004–2025)	82 (2018)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#377 (2005)	#67 (2022)	#127 (2024)	16 of 20	266 (2005–2024)	32 (2022)
New Zealand · Girls	#95 (2010)	#44 (2013)	#92 (2022)	9 of 13	506 (2010–2022)	77 (2013)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#88 (2021)	#75 (2025)	#75 (2025)	5 of 5	435 (2021–2025)	97 (2025)

Pippa 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 Pippa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	113	4 of 10	28
2000s	772	10 of 10	77
2010s	3,559	10 of 10	356
2020sbusiest	1,902	5 of 10	380

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 380 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2010 and 2011, when recorded births rose by 126, from 124 to 250.

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

Pippa appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #44 in New Zealand in 2013.

Pippa'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	#136	371	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#140	351	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#133	382	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#128	398	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#120	400	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#125	411	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#112	470	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#117	467	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#127	458	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#138	406	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#148	376	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#184	284	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#165	313	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#204	250	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#365	124	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#351	125	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#385	114	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#404	102	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#424	97	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#438	84	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#514	64	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#607	48	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#582	49	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#685	37	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#535	52	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#794	28	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#869	25	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#874	25	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#671	35	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	female	#75	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	female	#77	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	female	#78	83	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	female	#86	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	female	#88	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New Zealand	female	#92	45	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	female	#93	45	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	female	#65	58	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	female	#81	51	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	female	#64	54	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	female	#44	77	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	female	#47	71	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	female	#63	61	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	female	#95	44	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#127	16	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#115	18	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#67	32	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#143	16	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#103	20	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#107	20	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#80	29	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#110	21	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#166	13	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#116	20	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#136	17	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#135	15	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#154	14	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#118	39	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	43	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#114	41	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	49	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#90	62	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#95	56	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#114	48	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#77	82	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#89	66	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	54	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	56	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#171	32	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	31	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	33	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	26	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#377	13	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#539	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#230	16	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #44, first reached in 2013.

It held a top-100 place in 14 years, 6 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 470 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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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Piran · #1280, 28y
Pixie · #246, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, 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.

Micah · #43, 30y
Addison · #46, 30y
Mikayla · #42, 31y
Nate · #46, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Curtis · #44, 33y
Destiny · #44, 29y
Mya · #44, 30y
Caelan · #43, 30y

Pippa was ranked #44 in New Zealand · Girls in 2013. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Pippa 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 Pippa without appearing here.

Pippa moved ahead of

Jude Compare
In 2011 they stood at #550 and #502 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #174 and #907.
Pamela Compare
In 2013 they stood at #705 and #624 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #171 and #752.
Liv Compare
In 2014 they stood at #689 and #689 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #113 and #660.
Audrey Compare
In 2010 they stood at #539 and #488 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #207 and #695.

Moved ahead of Pippa

Ava Compare
In 1996 they stood at #671 and #753 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #874 and #500.
Willow Compare
In 1997 they stood at #874 and #983 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #869 and #597.
Sienna Compare
In 2000 they stood at #535 and #655 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #685 and #449.
Violet Compare
In 2004 they stood at #514 and #607 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #438 and #273.

Moved the opposite way to Pippa

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pippa went from #671 to #136 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pippa went from #671 to #136 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pippa went from #671 to #136 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pippa went from #671 to #136 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Pippa

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pippa went from #671 to #136 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pippa went from #671 to #136 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pippa went from #671 to #136 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pippa went from #671 to #136 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #44 in New Zealand in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Pippa

Pippa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Pippa across 5 official records

Pippa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Pippa appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Pippa

Pippa and the names beside it

Pippa moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Pippa

Moved the opposite way to Pippa

Moved the same way as Pippa

Pippa at a glance

Pippa across 5 official records

Pippa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Pippa appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Pippa

Pippa and the names beside it

Pippa moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Pippa

Moved the opposite way to Pippa

Moved the same way as Pippa