Unisex name · since 2003
Peniel
175 babies named Peniel in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,205 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,570 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 175
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Peniel currently ranks #10570 among unisex names in America, with 175 babies recorded since 2003.
Social Security Administration records show Peniel recorded 175 times among girls since 2003, holding rank #10570 nationally today, ahead of 39% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #21,205 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,570 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 175 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Peniel ranks #21,205 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,570 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 175 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,205 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,570 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 175
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Peniel's 175 recorded births place it above 70.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Peniel compares
175 34th 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
Peniel's all-time total is 53% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Peniel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 175 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Peniel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Peniel's full recorded timeline at 2016, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Peniel popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Peniel popularity over time - boys
163 total births recorded since 1997 (Peniel as boys' name)
Peniel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (89 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Peniel's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Peniel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 21
2000s
21 births
- 2010s
2010s
89 births
- 2020s
2020s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 89 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Peniel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (89 total births) through the 2020s (65) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Peniel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2003–2025 (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 Peniel 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.