Girls' name · since 1946
Pennye
Pennye has 223 recorded births since 1946 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1962 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,723 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 223
- born since 1946
- 1960s
- peak decade
223 girls have been named Pennye since 1946, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Pennye has 223 recorded births among girls since 1946, 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 1946 to 1971.
- #18,723 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 223 born since 1946
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pennye ranks #18,723 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 223 born since 1946, peaking in the 1960s.
- #18,723 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 223
- born since 1946
- 1960s
- peak decade
Pennye's 223 recorded births place it above 74.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Pennye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Pennye's full recorded timeline at 1958, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1950, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1962 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Pennye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1971
- Peak year (1962)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Pennye by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (102 births, 46% of the file).
1960s was Pennye's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Pennye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 38
1940s
38 births
- 1950s
1950s
75 births
- 1960s
1960s
102 births
- 1970s 8
1970s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 102 births (46% of all-time use).
Pennye by state
Where Pennye concentrates geographically, total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 12 | 5.4% |
12 of 223 births nationwide.
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What to do with Pennye's data
- Pennye's decade-level peak was the 1960s (102 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Pennyes (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pennye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1962)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1946–1971 (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 Pennye 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.