Peppi

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Short form of Peppina

Peppi has been given to 18 babies in the U.S. since 1961. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1965, with 7 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 72% girls, 28% boys all-time.

Babies named Peppi, 1965

1 in 518,000

Peppi over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Peppi over time

In 1965, Peppi went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19571965

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Peppi: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of Peppina

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Peppi means

Peppi is a short form of Peppina.

Origin, language, and formation

Peppi is used in Finnish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Peppina and Giuseppina.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Peppi is pronounced /ˈpepːi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 13 girls were recorded with the name Peppi between 1961 and 1965. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1965; its best national rank was #5,660 in 1965.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Peppi between 1957 and 1957. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1957; its best national rank was #4,407 in 1957.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Peppi?

Peppi had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1965, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1965: 1 in 518,000; 7 of 3,625,243 births
Among girls only: 1 in 252,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1965: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 358,976 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Peppi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1965 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 358,976 children born in 1965 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Peppi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Peppis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Peppi was born before 1965 — so the typical Peppi is around 60 today.

Median birth year: 1965; About 60 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 13; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (13).

Is Peppi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1965 (7)
Years since peak: 60; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #5,660; 1965

Spellings of Peppi

Peppi is not the most common spelling — Poppy is, with 41.8% against Peppi's 0.06%.

Poppy41.8%9,541
Pepper14.5%3,306
Penni11.4%2,606
Peri10.8%2,465
Perri10.7%2,448
Pippa7.5%1,702
Peggi3.2%723
Peppi0.06%13

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Peppi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,660; 1965
Peak year: 1965; 7 that year
First recorded: 1961
Last recorded: 1965
All-time count: 13
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,407; 1957
Peak year: 1957; 5 that year
First recorded: 1957
Last recorded: 1957
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Peppi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Pepsi Pippi Kippi Poppi Tippi Pepper

Sibling names for Peppi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Sarita Kandy Bettina Lanette Zina Kenneth Rona Vonda

For a brother

Darron Daron Kip Deron Daren Tad Richie Kennedy

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