Pilot Popularity by Year
Follow Pilot across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Pilot birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 8 | #8,910 | Up 853 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 7 | #9,763 | Up 2,567 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 5 | #12,330 | Down 184 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 5 | #12,146 | Down 5,369 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 12 | #6,777 | Up 1,377 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 9 | #8,154 | Up 686 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 8 | #8,840 | Up 824 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 7 | #9,664 | Down 3,918 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 15 | #5,746 | Up 1,816 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 10 | #7,562 | Up 2,093 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 7 | #9,655 | Down 2,605 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 11 | #7,050 | Down 472 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 12 | #6,578 | Up 2,225 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 8 | #8,803 | Down 3,881 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 19 | #4,922 | Up 1,841 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 12 | #6,763 | Up 4,158 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 6 | #10,921 | Down 1,806 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 7 | #9,115 | — |