Recorded 1971–2023 Girls' name Peak 1978 32 births

Pnina — girls' name

32 babies named Pnina in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s111990s112010s52020s5
1970s
Peak decade

34% of everyone ever named Pnina was born in this single decade.

1978
Single peak year

6 babies were named Pnina in 1978 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Pnina

The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Pnina between 1971 and 2023, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pnina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pnina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Pnina shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pnina 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 32 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.

Pnina at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

32

Since 1971

53 years of records

Peak year

1978

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1971

Recorded for 53 years

Last year on file: 2023

Pnina popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1971

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (1978)
6
Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
4.555.566.5 202320191992199019781971 5

Pnina by decade

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

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
11 births that decade — 34% of Pnina's all-time total
1970s111990s112010s52020s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Pnina?
32 babies have been named Pnina since 1971. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 1978 with 6 births.
When was Pnina most popular?
Pnina was most popular in the 1970s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1978.
How long has the name Pnina been used?
Pnina has been recorded in Social Security data since 1971, spanning 53 years of data through 2023.

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, 1971–2023 (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.