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Pepper Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Pepper?

In 2018 the uncommon name Pepper, ranked the 1,622nd Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Pepper is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #956 was reached in 1975.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 2014 with 161 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Pepper was less than 5, most recently in 2003.

Pepper, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1959-1962, 1963-1967, 1969-1975, and 2003-2013, whereas 1976-1983 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Pepper has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Pepper has been soaring upward in popularity. however, the number of children named Pepper lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Pepper?

Pepper's popularity is at a very high point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Pepper is still rare and has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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   Pepper (Girl)Pepper (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 131 1,622 9 8,606
2017 122 1,739 7 10,470
2016 136 1,615 9 8,625
2015 151 1,506 < 5 --
2014 161 1,417 < 5 --
2013 154 1,453 < 5 --
2012 135 1,608 7 10,460
2011 117 1,754 < 5 --
2010 98 2,036 5 13,743
2009 67 2,725 10 8,133
2008 30 4,984 5 14,080
2007 19 7,024 < 5 --
2006 28 5,060 < 5 --
2005 17 7,066 8 8,892
2004 8 12,452 9 8,004
2003 < 5 -- 6 10,520
2002 5 17,447 6 10,326
2001 10 9,917 5 11,848
2000 7 12,802 5 11,694
1999 8 11,118 < 5 --
1998 12 7,901 5 10,860
1997 5 15,491 7 7,906
1996 6 13,026 5 10,124
1995 6 12,928 9 6,275
1994 6 12,969 < 5 --
1993 5 15,121 < 5 --
1992 < 5 -- < 5 --
1991 5 14,739 < 5 --
1990 5 14,580 < 5 --
1989 12 6,833 < 5 --
1988 7 10,055 < 5 --
1987 9 7,811 < 5 --
1986 10 6,972 < 5 --
1985 11 6,331 < 5 --
1984 21 3,833 < 5 --
1983 13 5,362 < 5 --
1982 20 3,985 < 5 --
1981 24 3,505 < 5 --
1980 35 2,688 < 5 --
1979 48 2,106 < 5 --
1978 63 1,683 < 5 --
1977 88 1,323 < 5 --
1976 119 1,040 < 5 --
1975 132 956 < 5 --
1974 27 2,739 7 4,507
1973 20 3,309 7 4,391
1972 22 3,029 < 5 --
1971 18 3,609 5 5,463
1970 15 3,991 < 5 --
1969 9 5,343 < 5 --
1968 15 3,565 < 5 --
1967 20 2,845 < 5 --
1966 17 3,120 5 4,369
1965 15 3,368 < 5 --
1964 15 3,472 < 5 --
1963 9 4,809 < 5 --
1962 20 2,789 < 5 --
1961 10 4,465 < 5 --
1960 8 5,075 7 3,576
1959 < 5 -- 5 4,419
1958 6 5,928 7 3,488
1957 < 5 -- 13 2,348
1956 10 4,098 < 5 --
1955 7 5,082 6 3,789
1954 9 4,205 6 3,726
1953 8 4,504 7 3,351
1952 5 6,207 < 5 --
1951 < 5 -- < 5 --
1950 < 5 -- 5 4,065
1949 < 5 -- < 5 --
1948 < 5 -- 5 4,058
1947 5 5,924 8 3,041
1946 < 5 -- 6 3,437
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1940 < 5 -- 6 3,377
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1937 < 5 -- 5 3,894
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.