Pennie

#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births

Peak · girls
#631
1963 · 258 births
Debut · girls
1882
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,814
since 1882

Pennie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Pennie has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #631, 1963girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#7,13315
2024#9,55610
2023#8,05513
2022#13,5926
2021#13,4646
2020#12,1427
2019#15,5395
2018#10,5459
2017#10,6899
2016#9,41111
2015#7,26616
2014#8,96612
2013#9,61211
2012#10,42910
2011#9,72311
2010#12,2768
2009#11,4599
2008#17,5045
2007—
2006#13,6067
2005#11,8348
2004#10,6909
2003#9,67110
2002—
2001#15,3525
2000—
1999#10,3458
1998#12,4266
1997—
1996—
1995#10,5147
1994#8,12210
1993#9,5598
1992#8,7349
1991#7,43011
1990#5,54916
1989#4,84818
1988#4,84017
1987#4,85716
1986#3,89021
1985#3,32826
1984#2,99229
1983#2,72132
1982#3,26026
1981#2,98629
1980#2,94030
1979#2,38739
1978#2,12544
1977#1,77457
1976#2,02743
1975#1,65558
1974#1,53263
1973#1,16094
1972#1,22686
1971#1,057114
1970#1,088109
1969#912135
1968#913128
1967#880134
1966#826145
1965#680208
1964#718208
1963#631258
1962#677230
1961#712212
1960#733191
1959#710198
1958#793160
1957#771168
1956#861134
1955#890120
1954#847124
1953#934102
1952#921101
1951#92898
1950#92493
1949#93590
1948#858104
1947#838109
1946#90885
1945#1,06054
1944#92569
1943#95268
1942#1,41333
1941#1,50127
1940#1,29433
1939#1,42427
1938#1,87318
1937#2,44812
1936#3,3767
1935#3,4317
1934#2,18714
1933#1,97016
1932#2,36513
1931#2,10515
1930#2,55212
1929#2,58712
1928#2,62312
1927#1,88521
1926#2,07618
1925#1,84722
1924#1,77024
1923#2,36615
1922#2,10918
1921#1,98820
1920#1,81622
1919#1,74522
1918#1,80521
1917#1,50725
1916#1,86718
1915#2,25513
1914#1,74015
1913#1,27420
1912#1,25218
1911#1,45011
1910#94121
1909#1,6078
1908#1,08414
1907#84020
1906#1,22910
1905#1,05713
1904#1,2519
1903#1,2049
1902#1,5946
1901#1,1369
1900#1,23110
1899#1,1818
1898#1,00912
1897#78616
1896#1,04710
1895#1,5925
1894#74416
1893#1,1757
1892#86112
1891#1,0937
1890#9409
1889#1,0257
1888—
1887—
1886#8977
1885#7459
1884—
1883#8176
1882#6349
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1882

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.

See more about Pennie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
81 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1963 at #631 (258 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1946–1969
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,471
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 31.8% of all girls named Pennie (1,849) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s38#634 (1882)#824
1890s102#744 (1894)#1,043
1900s108#840 (1907)#1,223
1910s184#941 (1910)#1,584
1920s184#1,770 (1924)#2,107
1930s141#1,424 (1939)#2,373
1940s672#838 (1947)#1,068
1950s1,298#710 (1959)#858
1960s1,849#631 (1963)#768
1970s707#1,057 (1971)#1,603
1980s244#2,721 (1983)#3,666
1990s75#5,549 (1990)#9,085
2000s53#9,671 (2003)#12,874
2010s102#7,266 (2015)#10,446
2020s57#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 1970

girls
#1,088
109 births · 1 in 16,038 girls

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #1,088Pennie109
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 16,038 of them was named Pennie, which outranked 88.4% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pennie
  1. #1,083Debby110
  2. #1,083Lesli110
  3. #1,083Stephaine110
  4. #1,088Pennie109
  5. #1,088Catharine109
  6. #1,088Donita109
  7. #1,088Kassandra109
  8. #1,093Annamarie108
  9. #1,093Carlotta108
  10. #1,093Charleen108

Tied with 4 names at #1,088; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,541Tanisha#2,515 → #974
  2. ↑ 1,194India#1,955 → #761
  3. ↑ 695Shay#1,648 → #953
  4. ↑ 685Terra#1,303 → #618
  5. ↑ 669Dyan#1,648 → #979
Fallers
  1. ↓ 385Cinnamon#698 → #1,083
  2. ↓ 306Kaye#932 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 303Luanne#990 → #1,293
  4. ↓ 273Laureen#845 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 273Lesia#965 → #1,238

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1970 →