Girls' name · since 1882
Pennie
Pennie has 5,814 recorded births since 1882 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1963 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,323 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,142 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,814
- born since 1882
- 1960s
- peak decade
Yes -- Pennie is the #7142 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 5,814 recorded since 1882.
Pennie has 5,814 recorded births among girls since 1882, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7142 as of the latest data, more common than 59% of girls, 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 1882 to 2025.
- #2,323 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,142 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,814 born since 1882
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pennie ranks #2,323 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,142 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,814 born since 1882, peaking in the 1960s.
- #2,323 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,142 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,814
- born since 1882
- 1960s
- peak decade
Pennie's 5,814 recorded births place it above 96.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Pennie compares
5,814 Top 13% higher than 87% 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
Pennie's all-time total is 15x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Pennie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,814 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 258 | 21 | 19,840 |
Pennie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Pennie's full recorded timeline at 1953, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1895, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1963 peak of 258 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Pennie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1882–2025
- Peak year (1963)
- 258
- Annual births at peak, across 144 years of records
Pennie by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (1,849 births, 32% of the file).
1960s was Pennie's strongest decade.
1,849 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Pennie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 38
1880s
38 births
- 1890s 102
1890s
102 births
- 1900s 108
1900s
108 births
- 1910s 184
1910s
184 births
- 1920s 184
1920s
184 births
- 1930s 141
1930s
141 births
- 1940s 672
1940s
672 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,298 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,849 births
- 1970s 707
1970s
707 births
- 1980s 244
1980s
244 births
- 1990s 75
1990s
75 births
- 2000s 53
2000s
53 births
- 2010s 102
2010s
102 births
- 2020s 57
2020s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 1,849 births (32% of all-time use).
How Pennie 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 Pennie's total volume
Pennie by state
Where Pennie concentrates geographically, total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 418 | 7.2% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 246 | 4.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 224 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 222 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 194 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 181 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 146 | 2.5% |
| #8 | New York | | 138 | 2.4% |
418 of 5,814 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Pennie appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Pennie's data
- Pennie's decade-level peak was the 1960s (1,849 total births); usage has since declined to 57 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Pennies (418 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Pennie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~143 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, 1882–2025 (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 Pennie 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.