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Baby names starting with P

The girl and boy names starting with P given most often in the US in 2025.

Updated October 14, 2026 · sources checked October 14, 2026

In short

Among baby names starting with P, the most given in the US in 2025 were Penelope, Paisley, Parker, Peter. The two lists below rank up to 40 girl names and 40 boy names by the number of babies, from Social Security data; use the search box for any other name.

Ranked by the number of babies in 2025.

Girls

  1. Penelope 6,225
  2. Paisley 3,508
  3. Parker 2,536
  4. Piper 1,940
  5. Phoebe 1,885
  6. Peyton 1,559
  7. Presley 1,362
  8. Palmer 1,330
  9. Poppy 1,054
  10. Paige 884
  11. Payton 701
  12. Phoenix 567
  13. Priscilla 555
  14. Paris 497
  15. Paislee 423
  16. Persephone 372
  17. Penny 368
  18. Pearl 350
  19. Paulina 346
  20. Paloma 343
  21. Promise 330
  22. Paula 318
  23. Paisleigh 238
  24. Princess 209
  25. Prisha 182
  26. Paola 178
  27. Patience 172
  28. Patricia 167
  29. Petra 161
  30. Pia 148
  31. Preslee 142
  32. Paulette 138
  33. Perla 132
  34. Paityn 107
  35. Pippa 107
  36. Pepper 102
  37. Philomena 101
  38. Priya 99
  39. Prudence 89
  40. Priscila 84

Boys

  1. Parker 3,477
  2. Peter 1,954
  3. Patrick 1,495
  4. Paul 1,316
  5. Preston 1,131
  6. Phoenix 1,027
  7. Paxton 988
  8. Pablo 743
  9. Prince 703
  10. Pedro 684
  11. Pierce 598
  12. Philip 568
  13. Porter 531
  14. Phillip 425
  15. Princeton 422
  16. Peyton 398
  17. Palmer 230
  18. Psalm 194
  19. Perseus 168
  20. Pierre 159
  21. Percy 154
  22. Perry 135
  23. Pierson 123
  24. Percival 113
  25. Paulo 110
  26. Payton 109
  27. Phineas 105
  28. Presley 88
  29. Parks 77
  30. Paolo 76
  31. Pharaoh 73
  32. Pax 72
  33. Paris 60
  34. Patricio 59
  35. Price 59
  36. Pete 58
  37. Praise 56
  38. Pranav 56
  39. Pinchas 53
  40. Parth 51

About these numbers. Babies born in the United States who received a Social Security number, by year of birth (1980-2025). To protect privacy, the SSA only publishes a name in a given year if at least 5 babies of the same sex received it.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration — Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data. Licence: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government, 17 U.S.C. § 105). Data checked on 2026-10-14. Mamavela only counts and charts these official figures; nothing is estimated.

Sources

  1. U.S. Social Security Administration — Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data checked October 14, 2026
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