Piper is an English surname for a "pipe player" or "flute player" that became a girls' name in the United States during the 1990s. The witch Piper Halliwell in the series Charmed, which started in 1998, helped it along. Piper rose from number 511 in 2000 into the top 100 in 2012, peaked at number 67 in 2015 and 2016 and has eased to number 155 in 2025.