How Many People Are Named Poppy?
people named Poppy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 36,360 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,546 babies named Poppy in Social Security records from 1919 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
1,082 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the word for the red flower, derived from Old English popæg.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Poppy in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Poppy alive today is about 8 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 9 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Poppy first appears in the records in 1919 and was given most often in 2023, to 1,082 babies. In 2025, 1,054 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1919 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Poppy has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #289, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #292.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #292 |
| Best rank | #289 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #344 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Poppy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Poppy were born in California than in any other state: about 1,379 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Poppy was given 2.5 times as often in Utah, 2.4 times in Oregon and 1.9 times in Idaho.
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