Girls' name · since 1947
Pennee
Pennee has 29 recorded births since 1947 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1954 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,449 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1947
- 1960s
- peak decade
Pennee sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 29 recorded since 1947.
Pennee has 29 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1966.
- #41,449 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 29 born since 1947
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pennee ranks #41,449 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1947, peaking in the 1960s.
- #41,449 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1947
- 1960s
- peak decade
Pennee's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pennee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Pennee's SSA record in two at 1962 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1947, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1954 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Pennee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1966
- Peak year (1954)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Pennee by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (17 births, 59% of the file).
1960s was Pennee's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Pennee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 17 births (59% of all-time use).
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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, 1947–1966 (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 Pennee 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.