Recorded 1919–2025 · United States
Poppy was most popular in 2023, when 1,082 American babies were given the name — ranking #609 that year. In 2025 it ranked #628, with 1,054 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 9,546 people named Poppy.
Poppy first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1919, which makes it about 106 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 69 of the 107 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 9,546 American births named Poppy between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 9,395 are estimated to be alive today.
1,054 American babies were named Poppy in 2025, ranking #628 that year.
Poppy is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 963 births a year, against 198 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +387% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Poppy is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 9,546 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 9,395 Americans named Poppy are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 5 years old, and half are between 3 and 10. That is a narrow band because Poppy is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org