Girl Names That Start With P

329 names with at least 100 people alive

Patricia, Pamela and Paula are the girl names starting with P with the most people alive in the US: about 1,032,641 people are named Patricia. Among girls born in 2025, the most popular name starting with P was Penelope, given to 6,225 babies. Names that neither sex holds more than 80% of, such as Parker, are on the gender-neutral names page.

Most Popular Girl Names Starting With P in 2025

Babies of that sex given each name in 2025, from Social Security records. Names given to girls and boys count here by the girls alone.

Top 20 in 2025

#	Name	Babies
1	Penelope	6,225
2	Paisley	3,508
3	Parker	2,536
4	Piper	1,940
5	Phoebe	1,885
6	Peyton	1,559
7	Presley	1,362
8	Palmer	1,330
9	Poppy	1,054
10	Paige	884
11	Payton	701
12	Phoenix	567
13	Priscilla	555
14	Paris	497
15	Paislee	423
16	Persephone	372
17	Penny	368
18	Pearl	350
19	Paulina	346
20	Paloma	343

All Girl Names Starting With P

Ranked by people alive in the US today. A name counts as a girl name when more than 80% of the people alive with it are female; the peak year is when the most babies got it.

#	Name	People alive	Peak year
1	Patricia	1,032,641	1951
2	Pamela	493,324	1954
3	Paula	223,495	1963
4	Peggy	172,175	1958
5	Paige	144,368	2003
6	Phyllis	139,311	1947
7	Penelope	103,287	2019
8	Priscilla	90,346	1942
9	Penny	83,900	1963
10	Paisley	65,042	2015
11	Piper	62,326	2015
12	Patsy	60,926	1941
13	Pauline	51,498	1918
14	Patty	42,001	1959
15	Paris	40,595	2004
16	Paulette	36,055	1948
17	Phoebe	35,760	2025
18	Presley	35,672	2014
19	Patti	35,303	1958
20	Patrice	30,532	1958
21	Pam	27,550	1959
22	Pearl	27,470	1918
23	Paola	24,275	2006
24	Perla	20,360	2003
25	Paulina	18,561	2002
26	Precious	18,523	2001
27	Polly	16,150	1964
28	Princess	14,925	2006
29	Patience	11,479	2006
30	Paislee	11,186	2016
31	Paloma	10,626	2009
32	Poppy	9,400	2023
33	Petra	9,082	1927
34	Portia	8,450	1989
35	Promise	6,782	2023
36	Patrica	6,745	1962
37	Priya	6,463	2014
38	Paityn	6,291	2010
39	Pamala	6,109	1958
40	Pearlie	5,457	1928
41	Pilar	5,079	2005
42	Persephone	4,918	2022
43	Pattie	4,842	1958
44	Priscila	4,834	2002
45	Pennie	4,310	1963
46	Page	4,289	1990
47	Payten	3,937	2009
48	Porsha	3,937	1989
49	Pricilla	3,907	1990
50	Preslee	3,752	2014
51	Peggie	3,736	1948
52	Pia	3,720	2024
53	Prudence	3,660	1943
54	Paisleigh	3,547	2018
55	Pepper	3,435	2021
56	Pyper	3,283	2014
57	Prisha	2,995	2017
58	Philomena	2,949	1922
59	Peighton	2,810	2010
60	Pandora	2,725	1952
61	Pamella	2,505	1954
62	Pansy	2,438	1916
63	Passion	2,434	1992
64	Perri	2,375	1958
65	Peri	2,327	1960
66	Phylicia	2,324	1987
67	Penni	2,234	1962
68	Presleigh	2,108	2015
69	Porsche	2,059	1987
70	Pearline	2,037	1927
71	Phillis	2,022	1949
72	Pooja	1,943	1997
73	Pauletta	1,832	1948
74	Phaedra	1,822	1971
75	Priyanka	1,765	1998
76	Patrina	1,764	1971
77	Preslie	1,750	2014
78	Phebe	1,679	2011
79	Pippa	1,679	2014
80	Penney	1,628	1962
81	Pamelia	1,614	1954
82	Petrina	1,596	1971
83	Philippa	1,580	2022
84	Phylis	1,552	1949
85	Paizley	1,429	2013
86	Porscha	1,420	1989
87	Paiton	1,358	2008
88	Polina	1,324	2017
89	Pa	1,311	1992
90	Paradise	1,260	2019
91	Phyliss	1,235	1951
92	Pessy	1,195	2021
93	Pricila	1,116	2002
94	Paizlee	1,113	2015
95	Payge	1,110	2006
96	Paetyn	1,090	2011
97	Parisa	1,084	1991
98	Palma	1,068	1925
99	Patrisha	1,029	1982
100	Penina	990	2022

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