Peniel — #9322 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Peniel

The Social Security Administration has registered 166 babies named Peniel between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Peniel currently holds the #9322 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 17 babies received it in a single year. Peniel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 163 additional births since 1997.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Peniel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Peniel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Peniel 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 166 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.