Pennelope
#12,600 most common girls' name of all time · #20,860 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1942–2025
Rank among girls
#12,600
Rank overall
#20,860 of 105,966
First appeared
1942
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
399
Since 2016
169
Peak year
2017 #4,607
Best rank
#3,343 1952
Girls
Boys
peak 30/yr
Pennelope first appears in 1942. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2024 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,527 |
| 2023 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,561 |
| 2022 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,133 |
| 2021 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,752 |
| 2020 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,380 |
| 2019 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,190 |
| 2018 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,824 |
| 2017 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,607 |
| 2016 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,667 |
| 2015 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,085 |
| 2014 | 21 | — | 21 | #6,040 |
| 2013 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,286 |
| 2012 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,373 |
| 2011 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,322 |
| 2010 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,210 |
| 2009 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,902 |
| 2008 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,927 |
| 2006 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,798 |
| 2005 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,261 |
| 2002 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,384 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,215 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,215 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,642 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,157 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,891 |
| 1952 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,343 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,163 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,846 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1947 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,686 |
| 1946 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,642 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,142 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,294 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,346 |