Penney
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682
- Peak · girls
- 1962 · 113 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,951since 1925
Penney over time
Rank among girls' names. Penney has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
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| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
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| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
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| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
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| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 |
| 1975 | #2,743 | 27 |
| 1974 | #2,433 | 31 |
| 1973 | #2,267 | 34 |
| 1972 | #1,749 | 50 |
| 1971 | #1,937 | 44 |
| 1970 | #2,081 | 39 |
| 1969 | #1,897 | 43 |
| 1968 | #1,539 | 55 |
| 1967 | #1,441 | 59 |
| 1966 | #1,335 | 66 |
| 1965 | #1,337 | 67 |
| 1964 | #1,119 | 96 |
| 1963 | #1,241 | 78 |
| 1962 | #1,008 | 113 |
| 1961 | #1,253 | 78 |
| 1960 | #1,138 | 91 |
| 1959 | #1,256 | 73 |
| 1958 | #1,203 | 78 |
| 1957 | #1,301 | 66 |
| 1956 | #1,329 | 61 |
| 1955 | #1,445 | 49 |
| 1954 | #1,333 | 56 |
| 1953 | #1,491 | 43 |
| 1952 | #1,523 | 40 |
| 1951 | #1,528 | 38 |
| 1950 | #1,550 | 36 |
| 1949 | #1,489 | 38 |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 |
| 1947 | #1,461 | 41 |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 |
| 1944 | #1,867 | 21 |
| 1943 | #1,591 | 28 |
| 1942 | #1,668 | 25 |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
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| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Penney! It came in at #4,973, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1939, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Penney is popular in 1958
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Tennessee#563 · 1 in 7,328
- Michigan#631 · 1 in 10,218
- California#1,194 · 1 in 23,283
Best ever in a state: #471 in Tennessee, 1962.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Tennessee | #563 | 5 | 1 in 7,328 |
| Michigan | #631 | 9 | 1 in 10,218 |
| California | #1,194 | 7 | 1 in 23,283 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Penney
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Debuted 1925
- Peaked 1962 at #1,008 (113 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 17,404 girls born in 1962 were named Penney (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 340,215 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
- 38.2% of all girls named Penney (746) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,973 (1925) | #4,973 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,250 (1939) | #4,250 |
| 1940s | 249 | #1,461 (1947) | #1,874 |
| 1950s | 540 | #1,203 (1958) | #1,396 |
| 1960s | 746 | #1,008 (1962) | #1,331 |
| 1970s | 312 | #1,749 (1972) | #2,708 |
| 1980s | 67 | #4,716 (1982) | #7,396 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 27 | #10,689 (2017) | #13,793 |
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.
Penney in 1958
Top girls' names in 1958
More about 1958
girls
2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 25,790 of them was named Penney, which outranked 82.9% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,196Lavon79
- #1,196Manuela79
- #1,196Micki79
- #1,203Penney78
- #1,203Abbe78
- #1,203Brigid78
- #1,203Elouise78
- #1,211Adriana77
- #1,211Alfredia77
- #1,211Brinda77
Tied with 7 names at #1,203; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.