Pennylane — girls' name
60 babies named Pennylane in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Pennylane was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Pennylane in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pennylane
The Social Security Administration has registered 60 babies named Pennylane between 2008 and 2021, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pennylane currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pennylane performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Pennylane shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pennylane 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 60 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.
Pennylane at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Pennylane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2008
- Peak year (2012)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
60 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 7 births in a single year.
Pennylane by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 39 births that decade — 65% of Pennylane's all-time total
Pennylane decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Pennylane's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2008–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.