Peggyann — girls' name
300 babies named Peggyann in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 1948. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Peggyann was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Peggyann in 1948 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Peggyann
The Social Security Administration has registered 300 babies named Peggyann between 1928 and 1969, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Peggyann currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Peggyann performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Peggyann shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Peggyann in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Peggyann in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 300 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Peggyann at a glance
Last recorded 1969Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Peggyann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1928
- Peak year (1948)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1969.
300 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1948 with 18 births in a single year.
Peggyann by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 98 births that decade — 33% of Peggyann's all-time total
Peggyann decade highlights
- Peak decade 98 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Peggyann's strongest decade
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Peggyann by state
Where Peggyann concentrates geographically — total births since 1928
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 15 | 5.0% |
15 of 300 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 5.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 5.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1928–1969 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.