Penne — girls' name

What the Data Says About Penne

The Social Security Administration has registered 485 babies named Penne between 1939 and 1971, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Penne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 93 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Penne performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 226 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Penne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Penne in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Penne 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 485 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.