Peony — #15830 US girls' name
105 babies named Peony in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to girls today.
38% of everyone ever named Peony was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Peony in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Peony
The Social Security Administration has registered 105 babies named Peony between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Peony currently holds the #15830 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Peony performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Peony shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Peony 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 105 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.
Peony at a glance
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Current rank
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Peony popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1985
- Peak year (2020)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
Currently ranks #15830 among girls.
105 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 11 births in a single year.
Peony by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 40 births that decade — 38% of Peony's all-time total
Peony decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Peony's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% 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, 1985–2024 (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.