Girls' name · since 1919
Pegge
246 babies named Pegge in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,763 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 246
- born since 1919
- 1950s
- peak decade
246 girls have been named Pegge since 1919, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Pegge has 246 recorded births among girls since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1962.
- #17,763 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 246 born since 1919
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pegge ranks #17,763 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 246 born since 1919, peaking in the 1950s.
- #17,763 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 246
- born since 1919
- 1950s
- peak decade
Pegge's 246 recorded births place it above 75.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Ohio.
Pegge's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Pegge's full recorded timeline at 1947, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1929, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1951 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Pegge popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1962
- Peak year (1951)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Pegge by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (86 births, 35% of the file).
1950s was Pegge's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Pegge births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 8
1910s
8 births
- 1920s
1920s
44 births
- 1930s
1930s
51 births
- 1940s
1940s
46 births
- 1950s
1950s
86 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 86 births (35% of all-time use).
Pegge by state
Where Pegge concentrates geographically, total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 246 births nationwide.
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What to do with Pegge's data
- Pegge's decade-level peak was the 1950s (86 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Ohio records the most Pegges (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Pegge: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1951)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1919–1962 (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 Pegge 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.