Peggy
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 1977 at #5,845
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1937 · 6,378 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 36 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 292,765since 1880
Peggy over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,072 | 35 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,454 | 23 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,517 | 23 | — | |
| 2016 | #6,401 | 19 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,226 | 27 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,279 | 27 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,567 | 32 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,358 | 33 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,118 | 34 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,034 | 33 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,889 | 33 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,256 | 42 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,632 | 56 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,703 | 51 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,498 | 55 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,899 | 77 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,084 | 66 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,640 | 90 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,565 | 98 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,419 | 114 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,340 | 125 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,189 | 146 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,001 | 181 | — | |
| 1989 | #867 | 213 | — | |
| 1988 | #807 | 227 | — | |
| 1987 | #769 | 233 | — | |
| 1986 | #704 | 256 | — | |
| 1985 | #698 | 250 | — | |
| 1984 | #563 | 328 | — | |
| 1983 | #613 | 285 | — | |
| 1982 | #532 | 367 | — | |
| 1981 | #483 | 437 | — | |
| 1980 | #440 | 487 | — | |
| 1979 | #413 | 519 | — | |
| 1978 | #351 | 613 | — | |
| 1977 | #328 | 715 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #303 | 759 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #268 | 895 | — | |
| 1974 | #270 | 942 | — | |
| 1973 | #220 | 1,139 | — | |
| 1972 | #208 | 1,344 | — | |
| 1971 | #184 | 1,690 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #174 | 1,900 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #158 | 2,059 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #155 | 2,113 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #151 | 2,267 | #2,242 | 13 |
| 1966 | #139 | 2,647 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #123 | 3,102 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #106 | 3,849 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #105 | 4,104 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #93 | 4,900 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1961 | #88 | 5,567 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #69 | 6,428 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | #57 | 7,416 | #1,974 | 17 |
| 1958 | #42 | 10,071 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | #62 | 7,383 | #1,673 | 23 |
| 1956 | #63 | 7,494 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1955 | #51 | 7,983 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1954 | #48 | 8,454 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #44 | 8,762 | #1,900 | 17 |
| 1952 | #43 | 8,990 | #1,615 | 22 |
| 1951 | #40 | 9,208 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | #41 | 8,532 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #38 | 9,118 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #38 | 9,089 | #1,758 | 18 |
| 1947 | #42 | 8,877 | #1,555 | 23 |
| 1946 | #43 | 7,400 | #1,692 | 18 |
| 1945 | #45 | 5,839 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #45 | 6,019 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #41 | 6,511 | #1,431 | 24 |
| 1942 | #42 | 6,580 | #1,496 | 22 |
| 1941 | #39 | 6,561 | #1,230 | 29 |
| 1940 | #37 | 6,128 | #1,894 | 14 |
| 1939 | #34 | 6,050 | #1,238 | 28 |
| 1938 | #35 | 6,343 | #1,125 | 33 |
| 1937 | #31 | 6,378 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1936 | #35 | 6,068 | #1,118 | 34 |
| 1935 | #36 | 5,270 | #1,273 | 28 |
| 1934 | #36 | 6,027 | #1,783 | 16 |
| 1933 | #36 | 5,534 | #1,251 | 28 |
| 1932 | #40 | 5,445 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #42 | 5,076 | #1,538 | 21 |
| 1930 | #67 | 4,084 | #2,079 | 14 |
| 1929 | #70 | 3,780 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #76 | 3,382 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #96 | 2,857 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #104 | 2,621 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #117 | 2,321 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #133 | 2,074 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #155 | 1,592 | — | |
| 1922 | #171 | 1,304 | — | |
| 1921 | #195 | 1,066 | — | |
| 1920 | #219 | 875 | — | |
| 1919 | #234 | 735 | — | |
| 1918 | #234 | 735 | — | |
| 1917 | #256 | 580 | — | |
| 1916 | #258 | 554 | — | |
| 1915 | #285 | 423 | — | |
| 1914 | #270 | 373 | — | |
| 1913 | #283 | 276 | — | |
| 1912 | #289 | 251 | — | |
| 1911 | #281 | 192 | — | |
| 1910 | #272 | 204 | — | |
| 1909 | #280 | 162 | — | |
| 1908 | #288 | 150 | — | |
| 1907 | #323 | 115 | — | |
| 1906 | #280 | 140 | — | |
| 1905 | #326 | 106 | — | |
| 1904 | #306 | 111 | — | |
| 1903 | #321 | 93 | — | |
| 1902 | #351 | 82 | — | |
| 1901 | #372 | 64 | — | |
| 1900 | #380 | 77 | — | |
| 1899 | #408 | 51 | — | |
| 1898 | #405 | 58 | — | |
| 1897 | #425 | 47 | — | |
| 1896 | #428 | 45 | — | |
| 1895 | #417 | 46 | — | |
| 1894 | #494 | 33 | — | |
| 1893 | #455 | 34 | — | |
| 1892 | #554 | 25 | — | |
| 1891 | #669 | 16 | — | |
| 1890 | #548 | 23 | — | |
| 1889 | #724 | 13 | — | |
| 1888 | #690 | 14 | — | |
| 1887 | #537 | 17 | — | |
| 1886 | #572 | 15 | — | |
| 1885 | #658 | 11 | — | |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | — | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | — | |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #466 | 13 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Peggy was already there! It came in at #466, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Peggy
- 395 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #8,362)
- 2,512 spots since 2020 (#5,850 → #8,362)
- 85 spots since 2015 (#8,447 → #8,362)
- Biggest jump: 176 spots in 1890 (#724 → #548)
- Biggest drop: 153 spots in 1888 (#537 → #690)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1937 at #31 (6,378 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 28 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 36 yrs · run 1927–1962
- Top 1,000: 109 yrs · run 1882–1989
- Highest: 1 in 167 girls born in 1937 were named Peggy (0.60%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 28.8% of all girls named Peggy (84,293) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 104 | #466 (1880) | #668 |
| 1890s | 378 | #405 (1898) | #480 |
| 1900s | 1,100 | #280 (1909) | #323 |
| 1910s | 4,323 | #234 (1918) | #266 |
| 1920s | 21,872 | #70 (1929) | #134 |
| 1930s | 56,275 | #31 (1937) | #39 |
| 1940s | 72,122 | #37 (1940) | #41 |
| 1950s | 84,293 | #40 (1951) | #49 |
| 1960s | 37,036 | #69 (1960) | #119 |
| 1970s | 10,516 | #174 (1970) | #272 |
| 1980s | 3,083 | #440 (1980) | #648 |
| 1990s | 1,003 | #1,001 (1990) | #1,734 |
| 2000s | 338 | #2,632 (2000) | #4,310 |
| 2010s | 220 | #4,072 (2019) | #6,038 |
| 2020s | 102 | #5,248 (2023) | #6,854 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Peggy in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 985 of them was named Peggy, which outranked 98.1% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 196,494 of them was named Peggy, which outranked 40.4% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,146Winthrop10
- #3,146Wray10
- #3,146Zebedee10
- #3,370Peggy9
- #3,370Able9
- #3,370Aden9
- #3,370Adi9
- #3,658Aaren8
- #3,658Abu8
- #3,658Adarryl8
Tied with 287 names at #3,370; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.