Girls' name · since 1974
Pei
18 babies named Pei in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,220 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Pei is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 18 have been recorded since 1974.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pei has been recorded 18 times among girls since 1974, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1983.
- #47,220 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pei ranks #47,220 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #47,220 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Pei's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Pei's full recorded timeline at 1982, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 6 recorded births.
Pei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1983
- Peak year (1974)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Pei by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (12 births, 67% of the file).
1980s was Pei's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Pei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 12 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~9 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, 1974–1983 (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 Pei 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.