Girls' name · since 2006
Penley
Since 2006, U.S. Social Security records show 60 babies named Penley, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,912 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Penley sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 60 recorded since 2006.
Penley has 60 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2021.
- #32,912 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 60 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Penley ranks #32,912 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 60 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #32,912 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Penley's 60 recorded births place it above 54.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Penley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Penley's full recorded timeline at 2017, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Penley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2021
- Peak year (2015)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Penley by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (46 births, 77% of the file).
2010s was Penley's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Penley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
46 births
- 2020s 9
2020s
9 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 46 births (77% of all-time use).
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- Penley's decade-level peak was the 2010s (46 total births); usage has since declined to 9 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Penley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~15 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, 2006–2021 (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 Penley 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.