Penelopy — girls' name
88 babies named Penelopy in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
76% of everyone ever named Penelopy was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Penelopy in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Penelopy
The Social Security Administration has registered 88 babies named Penelopy between 2012 and 2023, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Penelopy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Penelopy performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Penelopy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Penelopy 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 88 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.
Penelopy at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Penelopy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2012
- Peak year (2018)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
88 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 11 births in a single year.
Penelopy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 67 births that decade — 76% of Penelopy's all-time total
Penelopy decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Penelopy's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% 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, 2012–2023 (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.