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.

Penn

#4,236 most common boys' name of all time · #10,366 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among boys
#4,236
Rank overall
#10,366 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
1,230
Since 2016
603
Peak year
2020 #1,966
Best rank
#1,861 2014
Girls Boys peak 80/yr
192019401960198020002020

Penn first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 48 48 #2,682
2024 — 42 42 #2,967
2023 — 69 69 #2,118
2022 — 54 54 #2,528
2021 — 64 64 #2,206
2020 7 73 80 #1,966
2019 5 67 72 #2,135
2018 — 49 49 #2,588
2017 — 61 61 #2,193
2016 — 64 64 #2,151
2015 10 56 66 #2,334
2014 — 79 79 #1,861
2013 — 53 53 #2,372
2012 — 46 46 #2,646
2011 — 34 34 #3,248
2010 — 30 30 #3,555
2009 — 32 32 #3,412
2008 — 22 22 #4,415
2007 — 14 14 #5,946
2006 — 10 10 #7,498
2005 — 10 10 #7,170
2004 — 7 7 #9,052
2003 — 8 8 #7,940
2001 — 9 9 #7,012
2000 — 7 7 #8,309
1999 — 6 6 #8,836
1998 — 6 6 #8,601
1997 — 5 5 #9,417
1992 — 7 7 #6,781
1989 — 8 8 #5,750
1987 — 7 7 #5,581
1986 — 7 7 #5,460
1985 — 5 5 #6,720
1983 — 6 6 #5,665
1974 — 6 6 #4,794
1973 — 5 5 #5,304
1970 — 5 5 #4,947
1969 — 7 7 #3,733
1964 — 7 7 #3,439
1961 — 5 5 #4,317
1959 — 8 8 #3,182
1957 — 7 7 #3,419
1955 — 5 5 #4,128
1954 — 7 7 #3,341
1953 — 5 5 #4,066
1952 — 6 6 #3,558
1949 — 7 7 #3,189
1947 — 6 6 #3,587
1946 — 7 7 #3,089
1945 — 5 5 #3,605
1938 — 6 6 #3,432
1930 — 5 5 #4,278
1926 — 5 5 #4,501
1924 — 6 6 #4,131
1922 — 5 5 #4,584
1920 — 5 5 #4,612
1917 — 6 6 #3,819
1915 — 7 7 #3,373