Peni — girls' name
144 babies named Peni in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Peni was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Peni in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Peni
The Social Security Administration has registered 144 babies named Peni between 1946 and 1972, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Peni currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Peni performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Peni shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Peni in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Peni 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 144 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.
Peni at a glance
Last recorded 1972Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Peni popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1946
- Peak year (1958)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1972.
144 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 13 births in a single year.
Peni popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1995 (Peni as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Peni accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Peni by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 66 births that decade — 46% of Peni's all-time total
Peni decade highlights
- Peak decade 66 births
- Runner-up 46 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Peni's strongest decade
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Peni by state
Where Peni concentrates geographically — total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 5 | 3.5% |
5 of 144 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 3.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1946–1972 (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.