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.

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
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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