Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Peggy

#136 most common girls' name of all time · #267 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#136
Rank overall
#267 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
293,563
Since 2016
202
Peak year
1958 #42
Best rank
#31 1937
Girls Boys peak 10,085/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Peggy is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 12 — 12 #8,366
2024 13 — 13 #7,970
2023 24 — 24 #5,252
2022 15 — 15 #7,282
2021 18 — 18 #6,417
2020 20 — 20 #5,852
2019 35 — 35 #4,072
2018 23 — 23 #5,457
2017 23 — 23 #5,519
2016 19 — 19 #6,406
2015 13 — 13 #8,450
2014 22 — 22 #5,800
2013 17 — 17 #7,038
2012 25 — 25 #5,398
2011 25 — 25 #5,360
2010 18 — 18 #6,907
2009 27 — 27 #5,227
2008 27 — 27 #5,282
2007 32 — 32 #4,570
2006 33 — 33 #4,360
2005 34 — 34 #4,118
2004 21 — 21 #5,747
2003 33 — 33 #4,037
2002 33 — 33 #3,891
2001 42 — 42 #3,257
2000 56 — 56 #2,634
1999 51 — 51 #2,703
1998 55 — 55 #2,500
1997 77 — 77 #1,899
1996 66 — 66 #2,085
1995 90 — 90 #1,641
1994 98 — 98 #1,566
1993 114 — 114 #1,419
1992 125 — 125 #1,340
1991 146 — 146 #1,189
1990 181 — 181 #1,001
1989 213 — 213 #867
1988 227 — 227 #807
1987 233 — 233 #770
1986 256 — 256 #704
1985 250 — 250 #699
1984 328 — 328 #563
1983 285 — 285 #613
1982 367 — 367 #532
1981 437 — 437 #483
1980 487 — 487 #440
1979 519 — 519 #413
1978 613 — 613 #351
1977 715 5 720 #328
1976 759 5 764 #303
1975 895 — 895 #268
1974 942 — 942 #271
1973 1,139 — 1,139 #220
1972 1,344 — 1,344 #208
1971 1,690 9 1,699 #185
1970 1,900 12 1,912 #174
1969 2,059 9 2,068 #158
1968 2,113 6 2,119 #155
1967 2,267 13 2,280 #151
1966 2,647 8 2,655 #139
1965 3,102 11 3,113 #124
1964 3,849 7 3,856 #106
1963 4,104 12 4,116 #105
1962 4,900 17 4,917 #93
1961 5,567 15 5,582 #88
1960 6,428 13 6,441 #69
1959 7,416 17 7,433 #57
1958 10,071 14 10,085 #42
1957 7,383 23 7,406 #62
1956 7,494 20 7,514 #63
1955 7,983 14 7,997 #51
1954 8,454 13 8,467 #48
1953 8,762 17 8,779 #44
1952 8,990 22 9,012 #43
1951 9,208 15 9,223 #40
1950 8,532 14 8,546 #41
1949 9,118 15 9,133 #38
1948 9,089 18 9,107 #38
1947 8,877 23 8,900 #42
1946 7,400 18 7,418 #43
1945 5,839 10 5,849 #45
1944 6,019 12 6,031 #45
1943 6,511 24 6,535 #41
1942 6,580 22 6,602 #42
1941 6,561 29 6,590 #39
1940 6,128 14 6,142 #37
1939 6,050 28 6,078 #34
1938 6,343 33 6,376 #35
1937 6,378 28 6,406 #31
1936 6,068 34 6,102 #35
1935 5,270 28 5,298 #36
1934 6,027 16 6,043 #36
1933 5,534 28 5,562 #36
1932 5,445 16 5,461 #40
1931 5,076 21 5,097 #42
1930 4,084 14 4,098 #67
1929 3,780 16 3,796 #70
1928 3,382 9 3,391 #76
1927 2,857 10 2,867 #96
1926 2,621 8 2,629 #104
1925 2,321 6 2,327 #117
1924 2,074 7 2,081 #133
1923 1,592 — 1,592 #155
1922 1,304 — 1,304 #171
1921 1,066 — 1,066 #195
1920 875 — 875 #219
1919 735 — 735 #235
1918 735 — 735 #234
1917 580 — 580 #257
1916 554 — 554 #258
1915 423 — 423 #285
1914 373 — 373 #271
1913 276 — 276 #283
1912 251 — 251 #289
1911 192 — 192 #282
1910 204 — 204 #272
1909 162 — 162 #281
1908 150 — 150 #289
1907 115 — 115 #323
1906 140 — 140 #280
1905 106 — 106 #328
1904 111 — 111 #307
1903 93 — 93 #321
1902 82 — 82 #353
1901 64 — 64 #373
1900 77 — 77 #380
1899 51 — 51 #408
1898 58 — 58 #407
1897 47 — 47 #430
1896 45 — 45 #430
1895 46 — 46 #419
1894 33 — 33 #496
1893 34 — 34 #457
1892 25 — 25 #557
1891 16 — 16 #673
1890 23 — 23 #550
1889 13 — 13 #726
1888 14 — 14 #692
1887 17 — 17 #544
1886 15 — 15 #579
1885 11 — 11 #659
1884 9 — 9 #735
1883 6 — 6 #818
1882 6 — 6 #813
1880 13 — 13 #487