Penelope in California
Babies in California
16,224
since 1922
Rank in California · 2025
#20
recorded as girls
Peak year in California
2019
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Penelope in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 827 | 20 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 782 | 21 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 888 | 16 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 1,004 | 15 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 911 | 20 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 972 | 18 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 1,111 | 17 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 1,077 | 18 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 1,089 | 16 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 1,056 | 16 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 991 | 19 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 859 | 28 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 719 | 40 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 366 | 111 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 324 | 123 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 254 | 163 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 217 | 207 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 151 | 312 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 151 | 311 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 128 | 360 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 87 | 482 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 80 | 514 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 75 | 530 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 67 | 555 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 40 | 809 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 34 | 903 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 19 | 1,277 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 24 | 1,068 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 27 | 981 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 15 | 1,504 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 15 | 1,487 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 15 | 1,537 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 14 | 1,626 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 13 | 1,694 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 16 | 1,470 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 13 | 1,694 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 6 | 2,648 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 10 | 1,801 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 8 | 1,950 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 6 | 2,281 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 10 | 1,595 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 9 | 1,619 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 7 | 1,866 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 17 | 1,055 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 8 | 1,709 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 8 | 1,665 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 12 | 1,262 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 21 | 847 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 15 | 1,044 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 6 | 1,758 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 20 | 809 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 24 | 701 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 23 | 697 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 25 | 663 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 10 | 1,203 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 31 | 633 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 34 | 579 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 21 | 723 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 26 | 626 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 27 | 613 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 25 | 633 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 23 | 682 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 17 | 822 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 28 | 614 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 24 | 660 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 28 | 582 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 21 | 664 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 31 | 523 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 31 | 517 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 43 | 403 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 29 | 483 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 44 | 372 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 47 | 352 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 62 | 290 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 59 | 279 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 80 | 216 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 80 | 217 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 88 | 203 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 85 | 201 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 74 | 209 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 63 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 74 | 185 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 70 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 77 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 52 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 43 | 200 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 51 | 175 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 21 | 292 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 19 | 286 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 8 | 438 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 5 | 619 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 7 | 420 | <5 | — |