Girls' name · since 1947
Pegeen
Pegeen has 202 recorded births since 1947 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1959 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,731 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 202
- born since 1947
- 1960s
- peak decade
202 girls have been named Pegeen since 1947, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Pegeen has 202 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1971.
- #19,731 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 202 born since 1947
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pegeen ranks #19,731 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 202 born since 1947, peaking in the 1960s.
- #19,731 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 202
- born since 1947
- 1960s
- peak decade
Pegeen's 202 recorded births place it above 72.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Pegeen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Pegeen's SSA record in two at 1962 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1947, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1959 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Pegeen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1971
- Peak year (1959)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Pegeen by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (115 births, 57% of the file).
1960s was Pegeen's strongest decade.
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Pegeen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
- 1950s
1950s
64 births
- 1960s
1960s
115 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 115 births (57% of all-time use).
Pegeen by state
Where Pegeen concentrates geographically, total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 21 | 10.4% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 5 | 2.5% |
21 of 202 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Pegeen's data
- Pegeen's decade-level peak was the 1960s (115 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Pegeens (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pegeen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1947–1971 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Pegeen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.