Penelope
#354 most common girls' name of all time · #650 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#354
Rank overall
#650 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
132 of 146
All-time
109,533
Since 2016
63,379
Peak year
2019 #22
Best rank
#21 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 6,734/yr
Penelope 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,225 | — | 6,225 | #22 |
| 2024 | 5,760 | 6 | 5,766 | #28 |
| 2023 | 6,068 | — | 6,068 | #23 |
| 2022 | 6,430 | 5 | 6,435 | #21 |
| 2021 | 6,370 | 10 | 6,380 | #23 |
| 2020 | 6,152 | 5 | 6,157 | #26 |
| 2019 | 6,734 | — | 6,734 | #22 |
| 2018 | 6,524 | 7 | 6,531 | #26 |
| 2017 | 6,668 | 6 | 6,674 | #24 |
| 2016 | 6,400 | 9 | 6,409 | #27 |
| 2015 | 5,953 | 5 | 5,958 | #34 |
| 2014 | 5,089 | — | 5,089 | #43 |
| 2013 | 4,292 | — | 4,292 | #56 |
| 2012 | 2,536 | — | 2,536 | #125 |
| 2011 | 1,871 | — | 1,871 | #168 |
| 2010 | 1,547 | — | 1,547 | #200 |
| 2009 | 1,297 | — | 1,297 | #253 |
| 2008 | 919 | — | 919 | #359 |
| 2007 | 796 | — | 796 | #409 |
| 2006 | 649 | — | 649 | #482 |
| 2005 | 513 | — | 513 | #558 |
| 2004 | 424 | — | 424 | #646 |
| 2003 | 367 | — | 367 | #712 |
| 2002 | 346 | — | 346 | #716 |
| 2001 | 235 | — | 235 | #940 |
| 2000 | 131 | — | 131 | #1,413 |
| 1999 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,638 |
| 1998 | 117 | — | 117 | #1,459 |
| 1997 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,596 |
| 1996 | 80 | — | 80 | #1,827 |
| 1995 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,598 |
| 1994 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,103 |
| 1993 | 54 | — | 54 | #2,351 |
| 1992 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,128 |
| 1991 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,164 |
| 1990 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,176 |
| 1989 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,666 |
| 1988 | 47 | — | 47 | #2,332 |
| 1987 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,839 |
| 1986 | 54 | — | 54 | #2,006 |
| 1985 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,979 |
| 1984 | 58 | — | 58 | #1,837 |
| 1983 | 67 | — | 67 | #1,648 |
| 1982 | 62 | — | 62 | #1,770 |
| 1981 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,532 |
| 1980 | 83 | — | 83 | #1,460 |
| 1979 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,273 |
| 1978 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,169 |
| 1977 | 119 | — | 119 | #1,088 |
| 1976 | 120 | — | 120 | #1,033 |
| 1975 | 159 | — | 159 | #842 |
| 1974 | 184 | — | 184 | #759 |
| 1973 | 221 | — | 221 | #675 |
| 1972 | 219 | — | 219 | #676 |
| 1971 | 205 | — | 205 | #733 |
| 1970 | 315 | — | 315 | #571 |
| 1969 | 345 | — | 345 | #531 |
| 1968 | 282 | — | 282 | #569 |
| 1967 | 255 | — | 255 | #596 |
| 1966 | 223 | — | 223 | #642 |
| 1965 | 266 | — | 266 | #584 |
| 1964 | 266 | — | 266 | #614 |
| 1963 | 322 | — | 322 | #540 |
| 1962 | 286 | — | 286 | #586 |
| 1961 | 310 | — | 310 | #567 |
| 1960 | 316 | — | 316 | #548 |
| 1959 | 388 | — | 388 | #495 |
| 1958 | 387 | — | 387 | #484 |
| 1957 | 422 | — | 422 | #460 |
| 1956 | 380 | — | 380 | #480 |
| 1955 | 419 | — | 419 | #435 |
| 1954 | 482 | — | 482 | #395 |
| 1953 | 537 | — | 537 | #366 |
| 1952 | 529 | — | 529 | #360 |
| 1951 | 568 | — | 568 | #332 |
| 1950 | 646 | — | 646 | #305 |
| 1949 | 679 | — | 679 | #297 |
| 1948 | 782 | — | 782 | #275 |
| 1947 | 796 | — | 796 | #271 |
| 1946 | 641 | — | 641 | #289 |
| 1945 | 509 | — | 509 | #305 |
| 1944 | 678 | — | 678 | #265 |
| 1943 | 643 | — | 643 | #276 |
| 1942 | 670 | — | 670 | #267 |
| 1941 | 546 | — | 546 | #273 |
| 1940 | 439 | — | 439 | #300 |
| 1939 | 368 | — | 368 | #325 |
| 1938 | 188 | — | 188 | #487 |
| 1937 | 173 | — | 173 | #502 |
| 1936 | 102 | — | 102 | #653 |
| 1935 | 69 | — | 69 | #825 |
| 1934 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,068 |
| 1933 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,105 |
| 1932 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,057 |
| 1931 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,178 |
| 1930 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,118 |
| 1929 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,126 |
| 1928 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,070 |
| 1927 | 57 | — | 57 | #1,013 |
| 1926 | 64 | — | 64 | #934 |
| 1925 | 66 | — | 66 | #916 |
| 1924 | 65 | — | 65 | #943 |
| 1923 | 58 | — | 58 | #980 |
| 1922 | 61 | — | 61 | #953 |
| 1921 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,138 |
| 1920 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,009 |
| 1919 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,029 |
| 1918 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,108 |
| 1917 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,284 |
| 1916 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,173 |
| 1915 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,259 |
| 1914 | 16 | — | 16 | #1,677 |
| 1913 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,680 |
| 1912 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,733 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,978 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,789 |
| 1909 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,623 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,080 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,964 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,810 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,736 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,710 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,440 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,614 |
| 1893 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,297 |
| 1891 | 9 | — | 9 | #969 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,357 |
| 1889 | 8 | — | 8 | #976 |
| 1888 | 8 | — | 8 | #989 |
| 1886 | 7 | — | 7 | #930 |
| 1883 | 6 | — | 6 | #854 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | 5 | #917 |