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Pepper

“Pepper seller” — English origin

Girl's name · #1902 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Pepper has appeared in US records since 1947 — best rank #951 (1975) · 3,306 babies named Pepper all-time · 1 in 17,000 girls born in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Peppers

• Pepper Binkley — American actress
• Pepper LaBeija — American drag queen and head of New York's House of LaBeija (1948-2003)
• Pepper Schwartz — American sexologist and sociologist
• Pepper MaShay — American musician
• Pepper Jay — American journalist

In stories & tradition

• Pepper Potts — Earth-616
• Pepper Steiger — Neighbours
• Pepper — Pepper&Carrot

What Peppers become

Among 40 notable people named Pepper:

Entertainers appear 2.26× more often than among typical names — e.g. Pepper Binkley, American actress.

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