Poppy
Girl name · 2,672 babies recorded · 1974–2025
Poppy: 2,672 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 182 births in 2013.
From the cheerful red field flower, Poppy entered the Scottish baby name charts in the mid-1990s and quickly bloomed into a firm favourite. Its origin is Old English, deriving from the Latin "papaver", and the name carries strong symbolic weight as a mark of remembrance for fallen soldiers, thanks to John McCrae’s war poem "In Flanders Fields". One of the most famous bearers is the beloved children’s author and illustrator of the *Harry Potter* adventures, J.K. Rowling, whose full middle name is Joanne *Poppy* Rowling. No major places share its name, though the flower’s link to Remembrance Day gives the name a poignant, gentle strength. A popular and spunky variant, often used as a nickname, is "Pop".
Girl 37 of 52 years
- Peak year
- 2013182 babies
- Latest (2025)
- #35109 babies
- Total births
- 2,672since 1988
- 5-year trend
- ▼ 8%vs prior 5y