Girls' name · since 1939
Pegi
Pegi has 156 recorded births since 1939 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1958 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,376 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 156
- born since 1939
- 1950s
- peak decade
156 girls have been named Pegi since 1939, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Pegi has 156 recorded births among girls since 1939, 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 1939 to 1965.
- #22,376 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 156 born since 1939
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pegi ranks #22,376 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 156 born since 1939, peaking in the 1950s.
- #22,376 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 156
- born since 1939
- 1950s
- peak decade
Pegi's 156 recorded births place it above 69.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pegi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Pegi's full recorded timeline at 1955, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1939, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1958 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Pegi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1965
- Peak year (1958)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Pegi by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (86 births, 55% of the file).
1950s was Pegi's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Pegi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 28
1940s
28 births
- 1950s
1950s
86 births
- 1960s
1960s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 86 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Pegi's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (86 total births) through the 1960s (37) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Pegi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1939–1965 (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 Pegi 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.