Recorded 2012–2020 Girls' name Peak 2012 15 births

Peshy — girls' name

15 babies named Peshy in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s102020s5
2010s
Peak decade

67% of everyone ever named Peshy was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

5 babies were named Peshy in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Peshy

The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Peshy between 2012 and 2020, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Peshy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 5 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Peshy performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Peshy shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Peshy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Peshy 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 15 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.

Peshy at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

15

Since 2012

9 years of records

Peak year

2012

5 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

2012

Recorded for 9 years

Last year on file: 2020

Peshy popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2012

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2012)
5
Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
5 202020162012 5

Peshy by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
10 births that decade — 67% of Peshy's all-time total
2010s102020s5

Peshy by state

Where Peshy concentrates geographically — total births since 2012

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Peshy
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
10 66.7%
New York share of Peshy's total US births 66.7%

10 of 15 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Peshy?
15 babies have been named Peshy since 2012. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2012 with 5 births.
When was Peshy most popular?
Peshy was most popular in the 2010s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
Where is Peshy most popular?
The top states for the name Peshy are New York (10 births).
How long has the name Peshy been used?
Peshy has been recorded in Social Security data since 2012, spanning 9 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Peshy?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Pessy, Pessel, Pessie, Pessi, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2012–2020 (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.