Pegi — girls' name
156 babies named Pegi in U.S. Social Security records since 1939, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Pegi was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Pegi in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pegi
The Social Security Administration has registered 156 babies named Pegi between 1939 and 1965, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pegi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pegi performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Pegi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pegi 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 156 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.
Pegi at a glance
Last recorded 1965Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Pegi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1939
- Peak year (1958)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1965.
156 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 15 births in a single year.
Pegi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 86 births that decade — 55% of Pegi's all-time total
Pegi decade highlights
- Peak decade 86 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Pegi's strongest decade
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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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, 1939–1965 (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.