Pennie
Pennie was given to 15 girls in 2025, #7,406 among girls’ names; 5,814 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,260 Americans named Pennie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (73% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 55 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Pennie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Pennie?
#7,406 among girls’ names, 2025
Pennie rose from #7,522 in 2015 to #7,406 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 9.0 to 9.3 per million.
258 babies in 1963, the peak
Pennie peaked in 1963, when 258 girls were given it, #631 among girls’ names. The 15 births of 2025 are 6% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,406 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 10 | #10,078 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,379 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 6 | #14,883 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 6 | #14,826 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 7 | #13,131 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 5 | #17,394 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 9 | #11,217 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 9 | #11,398 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,931 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (136)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 16 | #7,522 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 12 | #9,405 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 11 | #10,082 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 10 | #11,049 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 11 | #10,227 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 8 | #13,166 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 9 | #12,209 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 5 | #19,738 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 7 | #14,746 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,725 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 9 | #11,391 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 10 | #10,242 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 5 | #17,264 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 8 | #11,110 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 6 | #13,679 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 7 | #11,430 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,608 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 8 | #10,288 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 9 | #9,285 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,808 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,756 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,992 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,996 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 16 | #5,010 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,982 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 26 | #3,382 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 29 | #3,043 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 32 | #2,762 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 26 | #3,314 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 29 | #3,043 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,980 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,419 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 44 | #2,148 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,795 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 43 | #2,047 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 58 | #1,668 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 63 | #1,547 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 94 | #1,166 | 0.06 |
| 1972 | 86 | #1,233 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 114 | #1,061 | 0.07 |
| 1970 | 109 | #1,092 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 135 | #917 | 0.08 |
| 1968 | 128 | #916 | 0.08 |
| 1967 | 134 | #882 | 0.08 |
| 1966 | 145 | #828 | 0.09 |
| 1965 | 208 | #684 | 0.12 |
| 1964 | 208 | #719 | 0.11 |
| 1963 | 258 | #631 | 0.13 |
| 1962 | 230 | #679 | 0.12 |
| 1961 | 212 | #712 | 0.11 |
| 1960 | 191 | #734 | 0.09 |
| 1959 | 198 | #711 | 0.10 |
| 1958 | 160 | #793 | 0.08 |
| 1957 | 168 | #774 | 0.08 |
| 1956 | 134 | #862 | 0.07 |
| 1955 | 120 | #894 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 124 | #849 | 0.06 |
| 1953 | 102 | #938 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 101 | #923 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 98 | #934 | 0.05 |
| 1950 | 93 | #925 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 90 | #940 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 104 | #858 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 109 | #839 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 85 | #910 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 54 | #1,073 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 69 | #932 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 68 | #962 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 33 | #1,434 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,529 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 33 | #1,307 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,463 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,928 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,540 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,633 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,671 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,265 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 16 | #2,030 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,462 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,187 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,658 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,697 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,734 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,924 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,137 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,880 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,800 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,442 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,173 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 20 | #2,031 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,875 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,794 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,868 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,544 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,940 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,355 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,802 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 20 | #1,298 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,284 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,524 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 21 | #963 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,726 | 0.02 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,124 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 20 | #865 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,298 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 13 | #1,089 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,347 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,291 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,747 | 0.02 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,209 | 0.04 |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,298 | 0.03 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,261 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 12 | #1,037 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 16 | #818 | 0.07 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,109 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,765 | 0.02 |
| 1894 | 16 | #775 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,267 | 0.03 |
| 1892 | 12 | #895 | 0.06 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,186 | 0.04 |
| 1890 | 9 | #993 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,119 | 0.04 |
| 1886 | 7 | #975 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 9 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1883 | 6 | #903 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 9 | #666 | 0.08 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Pennie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Pennie has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 136 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Pennie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Pennie, and how old are they?
4,260 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 73% of the 5,814 Americans ever recorded as Pennie. The median Pennie alive today is 63 years old; half are between 55 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 3,977 people named Pennie (3,964 women and girls, 13 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,501 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 181 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,220 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,360 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 266 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 95 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 129 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Pennie born?
The states with the most babies named Pennie are California, North Carolina and Texas, with 33% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 418 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 246 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Texas | 224 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 222 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 194 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 181 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 146 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New York | 138 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Indiana | 114 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Tennessee | 102 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Pennie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Pennie is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Pennie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Pennie?
Pennie is a less common spelling of Penny: SSA has recorded 5,814 Pennie and 101,003 Penny since 1880.
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 112,231 babies since 1880, Pennie is the second most given (5.2% of them). In 2025 it was given to 15 of their 383 babies (3.9%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Pennie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Beckie | 2,851 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Pennie and names like it
- Compare Pennie and PennyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sPennie peaked in 1963.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Pennie since 1910.
- The top names of 1963The year the most babies were named Pennie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Pennie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with PMost given first.