Girls' name · since 1953
Penina
Since 1953, U.S. Social Security records show 1,009 babies named Penina, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #7,467 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,958 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,009
- born since 1953
- 2010s
- peak decade
1,009 babies have been named Penina since 1953, making it today's #5958 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Penina has been recorded 1,009 times among girls since 1953, currently ranked #5958 nationally and more common than 66% 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 1953 to 2025.
- #7,467 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,958 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,009 born since 1953
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Penina ranks #7,467 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,958 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,009 born since 1953, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,467 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,958 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,009
- born since 1953
- 2010s
- peak decade
Penina's 1,009 recorded births place it above 89.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Penina compares
1,009 Top 32% higher than 68% of 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
Penina's all-time total is 168% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Penina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,009 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 39 | 21 | 19,840 |
Penina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Penina's full recorded timeline at 1997, 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 1963, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 39 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Penina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Penina by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (246 births, 24% of the file).
2010s was Penina's strongest decade.
246 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Penina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 19
1960s
19 births
- 1970s 73
1970s
73 births
- 1980s
1980s
140 births
- 1990s
1990s
193 births
- 2000s
2000s
169 births
- 2010s
2010s
246 births
- 2020s
2020s
163 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 246 births (24% of all-time use).
How Penina compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Penina's total volume
Penina by state
Where Penina concentrates geographically, total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 299 | 29.6% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 111 | 11.0% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 0.5% |
299 of 1,009 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Penina's data
- Penina's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (246 total births) through the 2020s (163) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Peninas (299 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Penina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~72 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, 1953–2025 (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 Penina 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.