Poppy
Top 1000
About Poppy
Poppy, unlike most floral names which are sweet and feminine, has a lot of spunk. Long popular throughout the rest of the English-speaking world, Poppy is finally starting to rise toward the top in the US, where it entered the Top 1000 for the first time in 2016.
British TV chef Jamie Oliver used the name for his eldest daughter, Poppy Honey Rosie, as did Anthony Edwards, Jessica Capshaw, and Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer. A notable adult Poppy is Australian Without a Trace star Poppy Montgomery (full name Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth – she and her sisters are all named after flowers: Lily, Daisy, Marigold and Rosie).
Due to the flower's bold crimson color, Poppy makes an especially good choice for a redhead. In the UK, it is a traditional name for November babies, due to the flower's association with Remembrance Day (Nov 11), honoring the memory of members of the Armed Forces who have died in the line of duty.
Other Poppy-like names to consider: Pippa, Piper, Posey and Petal.
Pronounced POP-ee.
As of October 2026, Poppy ranked #292 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #289 in 2023, Nameberry popularity #163.
Editor's take: The name Poppy is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "red flower".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,056 | 246 | 137.7 |
| 2015 | #1,027 | 260 | 145.7 |
| 2016 | #747 | 382 | 215.6 |
| 2017 | #681 | 430 | 249.1 |
| 2018 | #586 | 521 | 306.3 |
| 2019 | #494 | 635 | 378.3 |
| 2020 | #457 | 676 | 418.2 |
| 2021 | #400 | 790 | 481.5 |
| 2022 | #338 | 956 | 582.9 |
| 2023 | #289 | 1,076 | 670.6 |
| 2024 | #338 | 928 | 572.8 |
| 2025 | #292 | 1,054 | 655.8 |
World rankings
Similar names
These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Poppy.
- Olive
- Daisy
- Ruby
- Hazel
- June
- Ivy
- Clementine
- Mabel
- Mae
- Juniper
- Pearl
- Clover
- Flora
- Iris
- Violet
- Maisie
- Lola
- Willow
- Winnie
- Fern
Poppy on lists
Famous Poppys
- Poppy Z. Brite (born Melissa Ann Brite
now Billy Martin), American novelist
- Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Montgomery
Australian actress
- Poppy Angela Delevingne
English model and socialite; sister of model Cara Delevingne
- Katharine Julia "Poppy" Harlow
American CNN anchor
- Poppy Morgan
English adult film actress
- Emma "Poppy" Deyes
English lifestyle blogger
- Poppy Miller
English actress
- That Poppy
stage name of Moriah Pereira, American singer,songwriter
- Poppy Honey Rosie Oliver
daughter of TV chefs Jamie and Jools Oliver
- Poppy Wollen (b. 2009)
daughter of actress Rhiana Griffith and Ben Wollen
- Poppy Davies Dixon (b. 2009)
daughter of IndyCar driver Scott Dixon and Emma Davies
- Poppy Genn (b. 2010)
daughter of newscaster Tamara Taggart and musician Dave Genn
- Poppy Barlow (b. 2012)
stillborn daughter of singer Gary Barlow and Dawn Andrews
- Poppy James Gavigan (b. 2012)
daughter of Jessica Capshaw and Christopher Gavigan
- Poppy Emery (b. 2012)
daughter of actors Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer; twin brother Charlie
- Poppy Louise Hager (b. 2015)
daughter of Jenna Bush and Henry Hager
- Poppy Brent
Berkus (b. 2015), daughter of designers Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent
- Poppy Alice Burgess (b. 2017)
daughter of rugby league player Sam Burgess
- Anouska Poppy Pearl Gerhauser (b. 1987)
daughter of socialite and TV personality Tamara Beckwith and Bill Gerhauser
- Clementine Poppy Vaughn (b. 2004)
daughter of actor Matthew Vaughn and model Claudia Schiffer
- Poppy Louise Hager (b. 2015)
daughter of Jenna Bush Hager and Henry Hager
Poppy in pop culture
- Poppy
character in animated film "Trolls"
- Poppy Lifton
character on TV's "Gossip Girl"
- Poppy Mayfleet
little sister of Lina in the book/movie "City of Ember"
- Poppy/Rebecca
character in "The Cellar" by Natasha Preston
- Poppy Moore
character in 2008 movie "Wild Child"
- "Poppy North
Secret Vampire," novel by L.J. Smith
- Poppy Pomfrey
character in the Harry Potter series
- Poppy Sellars
character in "Angel Pavement" (1930) by J. B. Priestley
- Poppy
one of the fairy twins on TV's "Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom"
- Poppy Clarke
Jerome's little sister on TV's "House of Anubis"
- Poppy Giordano
character from the "Dead Is" series
- Poppy
character on TV's "The Fosters"
- Poppy Calloway
character in the Addicted Series
- Poppy OHair
character in Ever After High
- Poppy
character on Vampirina
- Poppy
,Australian term for grandfather
- Poppy Marshall
one of Haley's twins on TV's "Modern Family"
- Poppy Wright
main character in novel and movie " People We Meet on Vacation"