Pennie
#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births
- Peak · girls
- 1963 · 258 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,814since 1882
Pennie over time
Rank among girls' names. Pennie has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,133 | 15 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 |
| 1985 | #3,328 | 26 |
| 1984 | #2,992 | 29 |
| 1983 | #2,721 | 32 |
| 1982 | #3,260 | 26 |
| 1981 | #2,986 | 29 |
| 1980 | #2,940 | 30 |
| 1979 | #2,387 | 39 |
| 1978 | #2,125 | 44 |
| 1977 | #1,774 | 57 |
| 1976 | #2,027 | 43 |
| 1975 | #1,655 | 58 |
| 1974 | #1,532 | 63 |
| 1973 | #1,160 | 94 |
| 1972 | #1,226 | 86 |
| 1971 | #1,057 | 114 |
| 1970 | #1,088 | 109 |
| 1969 | #912 | 135 |
| 1968 | #913 | 128 |
| 1967 | #880 | 134 |
| 1966 | #826 | 145 |
| 1965 | #680 | 208 |
| 1964 | #718 | 208 |
| 1963 | #631 | 258 |
| 1962 | #677 | 230 |
| 1961 | #712 | 212 |
| 1960 | #733 | 191 |
| 1959 | #710 | 198 |
| 1958 | #793 | 160 |
| 1957 | #771 | 168 |
| 1956 | #861 | 134 |
| 1955 | #890 | 120 |
| 1954 | #847 | 124 |
| 1953 | #934 | 102 |
| 1952 | #921 | 101 |
| 1951 | #928 | 98 |
| 1950 | #924 | 93 |
| 1949 | #935 | 90 |
| 1948 | #858 | 104 |
| 1947 | #838 | 109 |
| 1946 | #908 | 85 |
| 1945 | #1,060 | 54 |
| 1944 | #925 | 69 |
| 1943 | #952 | 68 |
| 1942 | #1,413 | 33 |
| 1941 | #1,501 | 27 |
| 1940 | #1,294 | 33 |
| 1939 | #1,424 | 27 |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 |
| 1927 | #1,885 | 21 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 |
| 1925 | #1,847 | 22 |
| 1924 | #1,770 | 24 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 |
| 1921 | #1,988 | 20 |
| 1920 | #1,816 | 22 |
| 1919 | #1,745 | 22 |
| 1918 | #1,805 | 21 |
| 1917 | #1,507 | 25 |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 |
| 1914 | #1,740 | 15 |
| 1913 | #1,274 | 20 |
| 1912 | #1,252 | 18 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 |
| 1910 | #941 | 21 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 |
| 1908 | #1,084 | 14 |
| 1907 | #840 | 20 |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 |
| 1905 | #1,057 | 13 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 |
| 1898 | #1,009 | 12 |
| 1897 | #786 | 16 |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 |
| 1894 | #744 | 16 |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 |
| 1892 | #861 | 12 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 |
| 1885 | #745 | 9 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 |
| 1882 | #634 | 9 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Pennie! It came in at #634, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Pennie is popular in 1954
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#236 · 1 in 1,284
- Indiana#500 · 1 in 6,975
- Michigan#503 · 1 in 7,305
- Georgia#550 · 1 in 7,655
- Ohio#582 · 1 in 10,197
Best ever in a state: #236 in Idaho, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #236 | 5 | 1 in 1,284 |
| Indiana | #500 | 7 | 1 in 6,975 |
| Michigan | #503 | 12 | 1 in 7,305 |
| Georgia | #550 | 6 | 1 in 7,655 |
| Ohio | #582 | 10 | 1 in 10,197 |
| California | #672 | 15 | 1 in 9,565 |
| New York | #1,035 | 6 | 1 in 26,734 |
| Texas | #1,196 | 5 | 1 in 22,404 |
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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 Pennie
- 2,423 spots since 2024 (#9,556 → #7,133)
- 5,009 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #7,133)
- 133 spots since 2015 (#7,266 → #7,133)
- Biggest jump: 666 spots in 1910 (#1,607 → #941)
- Biggest drop: 848 spots in 1895 (#744 → #1,592)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1963 at #631 (258 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1946–1969
- Highest: 1 in 7,471 girls born in 1963 were named Pennie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 107,151 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.8% of all girls named Pennie (1,849) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 38 | #634 (1882) | #824 |
| 1890s | 102 | #744 (1894) | #1,043 |
| 1900s | 108 | #840 (1907) | #1,223 |
| 1910s | 184 | #941 (1910) | #1,584 |
| 1920s | 184 | #1,770 (1924) | #2,107 |
| 1930s | 141 | #1,424 (1939) | #2,373 |
| 1940s | 672 | #838 (1947) | #1,068 |
| 1950s | 1,298 | #710 (1959) | #858 |
| 1960s | 1,849 | #631 (1963) | #768 |
| 1970s | 707 | #1,057 (1971) | #1,603 |
| 1980s | 244 | #2,721 (1983) | #3,666 |
| 1990s | 75 | #5,549 (1990) | #9,085 |
| 2000s | 53 | #9,671 (2003) | #12,874 |
| 2010s | 102 | #7,266 (2015) | #10,446 |
| 2020s | 57 | #7,133 (2025) | #10,657 |
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.
Pennie in 1954
Top girls' names in 1954
More about 1954
girls
1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 15,661 of them was named Pennie, which outranked 87.2% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #841Marita125
- #841Rosita125
- #841Sharen125
- #847Pennie124
- #847Cara124
- #847Joleen124
- #847Odessa124
- #852Carmella123
- #852Hollis123
- #852Jacquelin123
Tied with 4 names at #847; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.