Penney
Penney is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1962113 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1925
- 1,951people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,951 girls have been named Penney in the United States since 1925, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1962, with 113 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 113 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1960s alone account for 38%.
By decade
In 1962, its biggest year
Penney was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1962 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Linda. See all of 1962.
Names that rose and fell with Penney
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Pennypeak 1963
- Dedepeak 1961
- Sherriepeak 1962
- Donettepeak 1962
- Lorrypeak 1960
- Sherrypeak 1962
- Beckypeak 1959
- Gerripeak 1958
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.