Feminine dossier · first seen 1947

Pepper

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Pepper
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2014

Peak rank proxy

161

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1947Peak 20142024

Peak year

2014

Decline from peak

21.1%

2024

127

All-time

3,202

Pepper has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2014, when 161 girls were named Pepper.

In 2024, only 127 girls were given the name.

Down 21.1% from its peak.

All told, about 3,202 Americans have been named Pepper and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1947.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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