Poppy

Poppy: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“poppy flower”
Origin
English
Say it
PAH-pee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

From the English flower name. It ultimately goes back through Late Latin papaver, but as a given name it is an English floral use.

How popular is Poppy?

2024279 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Poppy in 2024928

2024 rank#338 girls

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18808,482

Poppy is rising: use over the last five years is 5.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Poppy

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English
  • Violetviolet flower · English
  • Hazelhazel tree · English
  • Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
  • Lilylily flower · English
  • Scarlettscarlet, bright red · English

Poppy questions

What does the name Poppy mean?

Poppy means "poppy flower". It comes from English. From the English flower name. It ultimately goes back through Late Latin papaver, but as a given name it is an English floral use.

Is Poppy a boy or girl name?

Poppy is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Poppy?

928 US babies were named Poppy in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Poppy?

Poppy is usually pronounced PAH-pee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.