Girls' name · since 2011
Penelopi
Since 2011, U.S. Social Security records show 141 babies named Penelopi, peaking in 2017. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,436 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,821 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 141
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
141 babies have been named Penelopi since 2011, making it today's #12821 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Penelopi has been recorded 141 times among girls since 2011, currently ranked #12821 nationally and more common than 26% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #23,436 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,821 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 141 born since 2011
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Penelopi ranks #23,436 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,821 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 141 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,436 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,821 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 141
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Penelopi's 141 recorded births place it above 67.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Penelopi compares
141 30th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Penelopi's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Penelopi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 141 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Penelopi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Penelopi's full recorded timeline at 2018, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Penelopi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Penelopi by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (87 births, 62% of the file).
2010s was Penelopi's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Penelopi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
87 births
- 2020s
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 87 births (62% of all-time use).
Penelopi by state
Where Penelopi concentrates geographically, total births since 2011
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 3.5% |
5 of 141 births nationwide.
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What to do with Penelopi's data
- Penelopi's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (87 total births) through the 2020s (54) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Penelopis (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Penelopi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~14 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, 2011–2025 (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 Penelopi 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.