Girl's name
Poppy
Say it POP-ee
English origin poppy (flower)
2 syllables
Where Poppy is loved, common and rare
Loved in England and Wales. Common across Scotland, Northern Ireland and five more places. Rare in Ireland, Canada, Sweden and two more places.
1 in 142 girls born in England and Wales in 2025
England and Wales 7thScotland 35thNorthern Ireland 51st
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Every place
In 14 of the 40 official lists, among them England and Wales (7th), Scotland (35th) and Northern Ireland (51st).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 7th 2025 | 1,789 | 1 in 142 |
| South Australia state | 30th 2025 | 42 | rank only |
| Victoria state | 32nd 2025 | 162 | rank only |
| Queensland state | 34th 2025 | 124 | rank only |
| Scotland | 35th 2025 | 109 | 1 in 164 |
| New South Wales state | 45th 2025 | 140 | rank only |
| Northern Ireland | 51st 2025 | 37 | 1 in 197 |
| New Zealand | 52nd 2025 | 66 | rank only |
| Ireland | 105th 2025 | 45 | 1 in 469 |
| British Columbia province | 118th 2023 | 25 | about 1 in 478 |
| Ontario province | 164th 2024 | 66 | about 1 in 825 |
| Sweden | 303rd 2025 | 24 | about 1 in 1,674 |
| France | 3366th 2025 | 5 | 1 in 57,359 |
| Italy | 4773rd 2024 | 1 | 1 in 179,169 |
Rare, below the listed names: Quebec, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock, Norway, Spain, Catalonia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Sources: Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); SA Attorney-General's Department, Births, Deaths and Marriages (data.sa.gov.au) (South Australia); Registry of BDM Victoria (DataVic) (Victoria); Queensland Registry of BDM (Qld Open Data Portal) (Queensland); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (Data.NSW) (New South Wales); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), SmartStart (New Zealand); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy). How we count, and every source
About the name
Taken from the poppy, Poppy is a flower name. It is recorded as an English name, and its etymology beyond the flower itself is not given.
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Two syllables, POP-ee, give it a bright, playful bounce. Poppi is a variant spelling.
Poppy is a top-ten name in England and Wales and is well used in South Australia and Victoria. It is rare outside the English-speaking world, appearing only far down the lists in Sweden, France and Italy. The Ontario and British Columbia records first show it in 2005 and place its peak in 2021, and it is rising in more places than it is falling. It sits comfortably beside other flower names such as Daisy and Lily.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- POP-ee, 2 syllables
- Meaning
poppy (flower)
- Origin
- English
- Other spellings
- Poppi
Over time
Over five years: rising in 5 of 12 regions, falling in 1.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 13 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 7 |
| Scotland | 43 | 29 | 30 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 41 | 32 | 24 | 35 |
| Northern Ireland | 47 | 43 | 46 | 50 | 49 | 27 | 50 | 62 | 47 | 51 |
| Ireland | 105 | 106 | 101 | 111 | 115 | 106 | 124 | 100 | 89 | 105 |
| Ontario | 264 | 270 | 288 | 206 | 267 | 129 | 152 | 183 | 164 | |
| British Columbia | 187 | 175 | 210 | 147 | 104 | 123 | 116 | 118 | ||
| New South Wales | 59 | 56 | 61 | 55 | 49 | 47 | 45 | 48 | 44 | 45 |
| Victoria | 38 | 46 | 44 | 34 | 53 | 31 | 35 | 36 | 33 | 32 |
| Queensland | 61 | 41 | 37 | 44 | 46 | 37 | 40 | 44 | 29 | 34 |
| South Australia | 55 | 36 | 47 | 34 | 55 | 35 | 36 | 46 | 37 | 30 |
| New Zealand | 62 | 47 | 48 | 37 | 27 | 40 | 29 | 36 | 46 | 52 |
| France | 3683 | 3622 | 3591 | 2530 | 3605 | 2509 | 3650 | 3521 | 2389 | 3366 |
| The Netherlands | 959 | 884 | 1027 | 776 | ||||||
| Sweden | 537 | 535 | 494 | 517 | 437 | 433 | 344 | 408 | 303 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 1,789 | 706.3 |
| 2024 | 8 | 1,888 | 731.8 |
| 2023 | 11 | 1,755 | 684.0 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,848 | 701.3 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,841 | 671.8 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,838 | 684.8 |
| 2019 | 17 | 2,022 | 722.0 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,226 | 772.2 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,527 | 844.9 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,506 | 815.9 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,816 | 914.5 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,273 | 1,067.3 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,422 | 1,109.4 |
| 2012 | 13 | 3,203 | 994.5 |
| 2011 | 14 | 2,932 | 912.5 |
| 2010 | 16 | 2,706 | 842.9 |
| 2009 | 22 | 2,226 | 710.3 |
| 2008 | 28 | 1,975 | 625.5 |
| 2007 | 28 | 1,886 | 616.1 |
| 2006 | 30 | 1,794 | 599.5 |
| 2005 | 35 | 1,574 | 546.0 |
| 2004 | 45 | 1,246 | 435.9 |
| 2003 | 43 | 1,200 | 430.6 |
| 2002 | 63 | 828 | 309.7 |
| 2001 | 84 | 617 | 230.2 |
| 2000 | 86 | 598 | 218.9 |
| 1999 | 100 | 516 | 183.2 |
| 1998 | 98 | 534 | 184.7 |
| 1997 | 108 | 468 | 159.6 |
| 1996 | 92 | 537 | 181.4 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
Ontario and British Columbia since 1925
Half of the babies named Poppy in Ontario and British Columbia since 1925 were born in or after 2019. First recorded in 2005. Her peak year there: 2021, at 156.1 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Poppy per 100,000 girls born in Ontario and British Columbia, by five-year period. Her 2021 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (1917-2024), OGL-Ontario; BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (1924-2023), OGL-BC.
Sister names for Poppy
1 in 131 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Poppy.
1 in 459 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Poppy.
1 in 138 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Poppy.
1 in 92 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Poppy.
1 in 101 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Poppy.
1 in 143 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Poppy.
1 in 127 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Poppy.
1 in 82 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Poppy.
1 in 239 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Poppy.
1 in 166 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Poppy.
Middle names for Poppy
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Poppy Grace
2-1 beats · initials PG
Changes the beat after Poppy: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Poppy Olivia
2-4 beats · initials PO · Poppy slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Poppy: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Poppy slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Poppy Sophia
2-3 beats · initials PS
Changes the beat after Poppy: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Poppy Maria
2-3 beats · initials PM
Changes the beat after Poppy: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Poppy Rose
2-1 beats · initials PR
Changes the beat after Poppy: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Poppy Emily
2-3 beats · initials PE · Poppy slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Poppy: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Poppy slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Poppy Julia
2-3 beats · initials PJ
Changes the beat after Poppy: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Poppy Miriam
2-3 beats · initials PM
Changes the beat after Poppy: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Poppy
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 365 in Scotland
98% alike: moves with Poppy across countries and decades.
1 in 127 in Scotland
97% alike: moves with Poppy across countries and decades.
1 in 138 in Scotland
96% alike: moves with Poppy across countries and decades.
1 in 71 in Scotland
96% alike: moves with Poppy across countries and decades.
1 in 143 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Poppy across countries and decades.
1 in 140 in Northern Ireland
95% alike: moves with Poppy across countries and decades.
1 in 542 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Poppy across countries and decades.
1 in 455 in Northern Ireland
94% alike: moves with Poppy across countries and decades.
Famous people named Poppy
Poppy Montgomery, Poppy Drayton and Poppy Delevingne.
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Australian actress (born 1972)
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British actress born 1991
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British model born 1986
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Poppy
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Poppy?
Her best rank is No. 7 in England and Wales in 2025, about 1 in 142 girls. She is in the published lists of 14 of our 40 regions.
What does Poppy mean?
Wiktionary glosses Poppy as "poppy (flower)".
How do you pronounce Poppy?
POP-ee, with 2 syllables.
Is Poppy getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 5 of 12 regions, falling in 1.
Which sister names go with Poppy?
The deck's top five sisters for Poppy: Hallie, Scarlett, Harper, Millie and Rosie. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.