Given name & surname
Peaches
“as sweet as the fruit”
Peaches is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “as sweet as the fruit.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “as sweet as the fruit.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Peaches through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 754
- 0 boys · 754 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 35 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 892 as a first name in 2020; 397 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Peaches’s family of names
Peaches has a related form in Peachy. Peaches has a related form in Peachea. Peaches has a related form in Peachee.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Peaches
- Peaches GeldofBritish journalist, television presenter and model (1989–2014)
- Peaches Jacksonactress (1913–2002)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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