girls:
7.5k births since 1919
#1871 (67th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 2023
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
7.5k births since 1919
#3105 (60th percentile)
The name Poppy is the #3,105 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,544 recorded births since 1919. This represents the 59.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 59.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,871 (67.3% percentile) for all time with 7,539 births since 1919. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2023.
Poppy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1919 (1919 for girls and 2023 for boys). Birth data for Poppy is available in 67 out of the 105 years between 1919 and 2023 (67 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Poppy has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Poppy reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 71.1% percentile (ranked #274) with 613 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 613 births per million (ranked 71.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2000, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Poppy is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #274 (71.1% percentile) with 613 births per million.
For boys, Poppy reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #911) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Currently, Poppy is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #911 (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Poppy".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Poppy is pronounced as PAH-pee, which has 2 syllables.
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