Pepper is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 2021 and remains in steady use.
Pepper is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,907 for girl births in the United States (and #3,501 across all names), given to 102 babies. Pepper was first reported in SSA data in 1937 and peaked in 2014 (161 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 102 | 102 | #1,907 | — |
| 2024 | 127 | 127 | #1,635 | — |
| 2023 | 134 | 134 | #1,623 | #13,660 |
| 2022 | 161 | 161 | #1,438 | #13,833 |
| 2021 | 164 | 164 | #1,403 | #9,471 |
| 2020 | 132 | 132 | #1,589 | — |
| 2019 | 145 | 145 | #1,505 | — |
| 2018 | 140 | 140 | #1,630 | #8,650 |
| 2017 | 130 | 130 | #1,736 | #10,497 |
| 2016 | 145 | 145 | #1,621 | #8,641 |
| 2015 | 152 | 152 | #1,503 | — |
| 2014 | 161 | 161 | #1,419 | — |
| 2013 | 154 | 154 | #1,456 | — |
| 2012 | 142 | 142 | #1,610 | #10,480 |
| 2011 | 118 | 118 | #1,745 | — |
| 2010 | 103 | 103 | #2,039 | #13,750 |
| 2009 | 77 | 77 | #2,726 | #8,145 |
| 2008 | 35 | 35 | #4,987 | #14,090 |
| 2007 | 19 | 19 | #7,029 | — |
| 2006 | 28 | 28 | #5,063 | — |
| 2005 | 25 | 25 | #7,072 | #8,900 |
| 2004 | 17 | 17 | #12,458 | #8,008 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,524 |
| 2002 | 11 | 11 | #17,449 | #10,329 |
| 2001 | 15 | 15 | #9,921 | #11,854 |
| 2000 | 12 | 12 | #12,806 | #11,696 |
| 1999 | 8 | 8 | #11,118 | — |
| 1998 | 17 | 17 | #7,904 | #10,866 |
| 1997 | 12 | — | #15,495 | #7,907 |
| 1996 | 11 | — | #13,028 | #10,129 |
| 1995 | 15 | — | #12,930 | #6,276 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | #12,972 | — |
| 1993 | 5 | — | #15,128 | — |
| 1991 | 5 | — | #14,743 | — |
| 1990 | 5 | — | #14,583 | — |
| 1989 | 12 | — | #6,836 | — |
| 1988 | 7 | — | #10,057 | — |
| 1987 | 9 | — | #7,814 | — |
| 1986 | 10 | — | #6,978 | — |
| 1985 | 11 | — | #6,334 | — |
| 1984 | 21 | — | #3,834 | — |
| 1983 | 13 | — | #5,366 | — |
| 1982 | 20 | — | #3,986 | — |
| 1981 | 24 | — | #3,508 | — |
| 1980 | 35 | — | #2,688 | — |
| 1979 | 48 | — | #2,105 | — |
| 1978 | 63 | — | #1,684 | — |
| 1977 | 88 | — | #1,321 | — |
| 1976 | 119 | — | #1,041 | — |
| 1975 | 132 | — | #956 | — |
| 1974 | 34 | — | #2,738 | #4,506 |
| 1973 | 27 | — | #3,309 | #4,393 |
| 1972 | 22 | — | #3,029 | — |
| 1971 | 23 | — | #3,613 | #5,462 |
| 1970 | 15 | — | #3,993 | — |
| 1969 | 9 | — | #5,345 | — |
| 1968 | 15 | — | #3,564 | — |
| 1967 | 20 | — | #2,847 | — |
| 1966 | 22 | — | #3,122 | #4,379 |
| 1965 | 15 | — | #3,372 | — |
| 1964 | 15 | — | #3,473 | — |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #4,808 | — |
| 1962 | 20 | — | #2,789 | — |
| 1961 | 10 | — | #4,466 | — |
| 1960 | 15 | — | #5,074 | #3,576 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | — | #4,420 |
| 1958 | 13 | — | #5,929 | #3,493 |
| 1957 | 13 | — | — | #2,350 |
| 1956 | 10 | — | #4,098 | — |
| 1955 | 13 | — | #5,081 | #3,786 |
| 1954 | 15 | — | #4,202 | #3,724 |
| 1953 | 15 | — | #4,503 | #3,351 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | #6,207 | — |
| 1950 | 5 | — | — | #4,067 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | — | #4,058 |
| 1947 | 13 | — | #5,924 | #3,041 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | — | #3,437 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | — | #3,377 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | — | #3,894 |