Penney
#4,540 most common girls' name of all time · #7,721 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1925–2018
Rank among girls
#4,540
Rank overall
#7,721 of 105,966
First appeared
1925
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
1,951
Since 2016
14
Peak year
1962 #1,013
Best rank
#1,013 1962
Girls
Boys
peak 113/yr
Penney first appears in 1925. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,935 |
| 2017 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,830 |
| 2014 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,050 |
| 2012 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,087 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,118 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,709 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,349 |
| 1983 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,552 |
| 1982 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,777 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,358 |
| 1980 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,035 |
| 1979 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,295 |
| 1978 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,558 |
| 1977 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,861 |
| 1976 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,331 |
| 1975 | 27 | — | 27 | #2,762 |
| 1974 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,286 |
| 1972 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,757 |
| 1971 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,951 |
| 1970 | 39 | — | 39 | #2,104 |
| 1969 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,912 |
| 1968 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,551 |
| 1967 | 59 | — | 59 | #1,451 |
| 1966 | 66 | — | 66 | #1,343 |
| 1965 | 67 | — | 67 | #1,346 |
| 1964 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,122 |
| 1963 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,249 |
| 1962 | 113 | — | 113 | #1,013 |
| 1961 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,256 |
| 1960 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,142 |
| 1959 | 73 | — | 73 | #1,260 |
| 1958 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,208 |
| 1957 | 66 | — | 66 | #1,311 |
| 1956 | 61 | — | 61 | #1,337 |
| 1955 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,456 |
| 1954 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,338 |
| 1953 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,498 |
| 1952 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,535 |
| 1951 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,550 |
| 1950 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,568 |
| 1949 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,508 |
| 1948 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,701 |
| 1947 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,482 |
| 1946 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,138 |
| 1945 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,132 |
| 1944 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,907 |
| 1943 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,619 |
| 1942 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,701 |
| 1941 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,950 |
| 1940 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,165 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,769 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,741 |