Penny
#381 most common girls' name of all time · #697 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1882–2025
Rank among girls
#381
Rank overall
#697 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
131 of 146
All-time
101,003
Since 2016
3,878
Peak year
1963 #86
Best rank
#86 1963
Girls
Boys
peak 5,143/yr
Penny first appears in 1882. 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 | 368 | — | 368 | #740 |
| 2024 | 377 | — | 377 | #748 |
| 2023 | 434 | — | 434 | #676 |
| 2022 | 402 | — | 402 | #727 |
| 2021 | 409 | — | 409 | #705 |
| 2020 | 383 | — | 383 | #726 |
| 2019 | 362 | — | 362 | #769 |
| 2018 | 363 | — | 363 | #751 |
| 2017 | 361 | — | 361 | #768 |
| 2016 | 419 | — | 419 | #693 |
| 2015 | 372 | — | 372 | #757 |
| 2014 | 345 | — | 345 | #809 |
| 2013 | 251 | — | 251 | #996 |
| 2012 | 233 | — | 233 | #1,072 |
| 2011 | 165 | — | 165 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 153 | — | 153 | #1,474 |
| 2009 | 105 | — | 105 | #1,980 |
| 2008 | 90 | — | 90 | #2,207 |
| 2007 | 80 | — | 80 | #2,371 |
| 2006 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,888 |
| 2005 | 51 | — | 51 | #3,084 |
| 2004 | 53 | — | 53 | #2,968 |
| 2003 | 44 | — | 44 | #3,297 |
| 2002 | 49 | — | 49 | #2,977 |
| 2001 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,488 |
| 2000 | 53 | — | 53 | #2,743 |
| 1999 | 54 | — | 54 | #2,616 |
| 1998 | 58 | — | 58 | #2,401 |
| 1997 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,178 |
| 1996 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,181 |
| 1995 | 64 | — | 64 | #2,103 |
| 1994 | 80 | — | 80 | #1,798 |
| 1993 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,695 |
| 1992 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,664 |
| 1991 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,521 |
| 1990 | 121 | — | 121 | #1,331 |
| 1989 | 158 | — | 158 | #1,069 |
| 1988 | 151 | — | 151 | #1,054 |
| 1987 | 171 | — | 171 | #948 |
| 1986 | 210 | — | 210 | #801 |
| 1985 | 270 | — | 270 | #671 |
| 1984 | 280 | — | 280 | #632 |
| 1983 | 295 | — | 295 | #602 |
| 1982 | 379 | — | 379 | #522 |
| 1981 | 482 | — | 482 | #445 |
| 1980 | 555 | — | 555 | #407 |
| 1979 | 697 | — | 697 | #339 |
| 1978 | 750 | — | 750 | #311 |
| 1977 | 856 | — | 856 | #279 |
| 1976 | 870 | — | 870 | #268 |
| 1975 | 1,027 | — | 1,027 | #235 |
| 1974 | 1,174 | 7 | 1,181 | #219 |
| 1973 | 1,471 | 11 | 1,482 | #184 |
| 1972 | 1,587 | 8 | 1,595 | #180 |
| 1971 | 2,001 | 13 | 2,014 | #158 |
| 1970 | 2,145 | 13 | 2,158 | #157 |
| 1969 | 2,360 | 10 | 2,370 | #142 |
| 1968 | 2,576 | 11 | 2,587 | #124 |
| 1967 | 2,811 | 13 | 2,824 | #119 |
| 1966 | 3,109 | 8 | 3,117 | #112 |
| 1965 | 3,898 | 11 | 3,909 | #97 |
| 1964 | 4,396 | 16 | 4,412 | #96 |
| 1963 | 5,129 | 14 | 5,143 | #86 |
| 1962 | 5,001 | 26 | 5,027 | #92 |
| 1961 | 4,638 | 10 | 4,648 | #101 |
| 1960 | 4,302 | 13 | 4,315 | #113 |
| 1959 | 3,756 | 9 | 3,765 | #122 |
| 1958 | 3,556 | 13 | 3,569 | #124 |
| 1957 | 3,044 | 8 | 3,052 | #138 |
| 1956 | 2,348 | 8 | 2,356 | #158 |
| 1955 | 2,213 | 6 | 2,219 | #161 |
| 1954 | 2,134 | 8 | 2,142 | #163 |
| 1953 | 2,153 | 13 | 2,166 | #157 |
| 1952 | 2,091 | 10 | 2,101 | #157 |
| 1951 | 2,077 | 12 | 2,089 | #153 |
| 1950 | 1,751 | — | 1,751 | #161 |
| 1949 | 1,846 | 7 | 1,853 | #158 |
| 1948 | 1,861 | — | 1,861 | #153 |
| 1947 | 2,101 | 10 | 2,111 | #142 |
| 1946 | 1,645 | 12 | 1,657 | #163 |
| 1945 | 1,131 | — | 1,131 | #183 |
| 1944 | 1,204 | 5 | 1,209 | #181 |
| 1943 | 1,203 | 7 | 1,210 | #184 |
| 1942 | 992 | 9 | 1,001 | #205 |
| 1941 | 637 | 5 | 642 | #254 |
| 1940 | 493 | 9 | 502 | #282 |
| 1939 | 380 | 7 | 387 | #317 |
| 1938 | 234 | 5 | 239 | #441 |
| 1937 | 165 | 5 | 170 | #512 |
| 1936 | 100 | 6 | 106 | #660 |
| 1935 | 74 | — | 74 | #789 |
| 1934 | 51 | — | 51 | #968 |
| 1933 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,110 |
| 1932 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,577 |
| 1931 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,349 |
| 1930 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,412 |
| 1929 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,213 |
| 1928 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,056 |
| 1927 | 47 | 5 | 52 | #1,115 |
| 1926 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,038 |
| 1925 | 69 | — | 69 | #891 |
| 1924 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,089 |
| 1923 | 68 | — | 68 | #890 |
| 1922 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,515 |
| 1921 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,380 |
| 1920 | 26 | 5 | 31 | #1,636 |
| 1919 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,379 |
| 1918 | 21 | 6 | 27 | #1,826 |
| 1917 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,225 |
| 1916 | 20 | 5 | 25 | #1,759 |
| 1915 | 13 | 5 | 18 | #2,280 |
| 1914 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,923 |
| 1913 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,931 |
| 1912 | 9 | — | 9 | #2,013 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,527 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,972 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,256 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,717 |
| 1907 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,867 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,005 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,451 |
| 1904 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,535 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,380 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,978 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,654 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,431 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,614 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,346 |
| 1890 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,262 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,207 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,013 |