Girls' name · since 1985
Peony
Peony has 111 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,994 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,666 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 111
- born since 1985
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Peony is the #13666 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 111 recorded since 1985.
Peony has 111 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13666 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2025.
- #25,994 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,666 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 111 born since 1985
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Peony ranks #25,994 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,666 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 111 born since 1985, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,994 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,666 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 111
- born since 1985
- 2020s
- peak decade
Peony's 111 recorded births place it above 64.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Peony compares
111 27th percentile among 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
Peony's all-time total is 70% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Peony | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 111 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Peony's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Peony's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Peony popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Peony by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (46 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Peony's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Peony births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 14
1980s
14 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
34 births
- 2020s
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 46 births (41% 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, 1985–2025 (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 Peony 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.