Penny
Rank in 2025
#740
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
368
girls 368
Peak year
1963
5,129 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
101,003
since 1882
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Penny was most popular in 1963, when 5,129 babies recorded as girls got the name (2.7 per 1,000). In 2025, 368 babies were named Penny, ranking #740 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 368 | 740 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 377 | 747 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 434 | 676 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 402 | 726 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 409 | 704 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 383 | 725 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 362 | 768 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 363 | 751 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 361 | 768 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 419 | 692 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 372 | 757 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 345 | 808 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 251 | 996 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 233 | 1071 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 165 | 1382 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 153 | 1474 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 105 | 1979 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 90 | 2206 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 80 | 2368 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 60 | 2887 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 51 | 3081 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 53 | 2965 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 44 | 3291 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 49 | 2976 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 38 | 3486 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 53 | 2740 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 54 | 2610 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 58 | 2398 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 63 | 2174 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 62 | 2177 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 64 | 2101 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 80 | 1798 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 88 | 1694 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 91 | 1661 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 102 | 1517 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 121 | 1330 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 158 | 1067 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 151 | 1053 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 171 | 947 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 210 | 800 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 270 | 670 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 280 | 632 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 295 | 602 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 379 | 522 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 482 | 445 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 555 | 407 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 697 | 339 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 750 | 311 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 856 | 279 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 870 | 268 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 1,027 | 235 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 1,174 | 219 | 7 | 4190 |
| 1973 | 1,471 | 184 | 11 | 3013 |
| 1972 | 1,587 | 180 | 8 | 3622 |
| 1971 | 2,001 | 158 | 13 | 2686 |
| 1970 | 2,145 | 157 | 13 | 2621 |
| 1969 | 2,360 | 142 | 10 | 2861 |
| 1968 | 2,576 | 124 | 11 | 2576 |
| 1967 | 2,811 | 119 | 13 | 2242 |
| 1966 | 3,109 | 112 | 8 | 2986 |
| 1965 | 3,898 | 97 | 11 | 2476 |
| 1964 | 4,396 | 96 | 16 | 2040 |
| 1963 | 5,129 | 86 | 14 | 2200 |
| 1962 | 5,001 | 92 | 26 | 1546 |
| 1961 | 4,638 | 101 | 10 | 2706 |
| 1960 | 4,302 | 113 | 13 | 2315 |
| 1959 | 3,756 | 122 | 9 | 2821 |
| 1958 | 3,556 | 124 | 13 | 2265 |
| 1957 | 3,044 | 138 | 8 | 3024 |
| 1956 | 2,348 | 158 | 8 | 2969 |
| 1955 | 2,213 | 161 | 6 | 3505 |
| 1954 | 2,134 | 163 | 8 | 2942 |
| 1953 | 2,153 | 157 | 13 | 2186 |
| 1952 | 2,091 | 157 | 10 | 2514 |
| 1951 | 2,077 | 153 | 12 | 2246 |
| 1950 | 1,751 | 161 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 1,846 | 158 | 7 | 3019 |
| 1948 | 1,861 | 153 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 2,101 | 142 | 10 | 2498 |
| 1946 | 1,645 | 163 | 12 | 2143 |
| 1945 | 1,131 | 183 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 1,204 | 180 | 5 | 3430 |
| 1943 | 1,203 | 184 | 7 | 2964 |
| 1942 | 992 | 205 | 9 | 2523 |
| 1941 | 637 | 254 | 5 | 3505 |
| 1940 | 493 | 282 | 9 | 2478 |
| 1939 | 380 | 317 | 7 | 2829 |
| 1938 | 234 | 439 | 5 | 3534 |
| 1937 | 165 | 510 | 5 | 3518 |
| 1936 | 100 | 660 | 6 | 3147 |
| 1935 | 74 | 785 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 51 | 966 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 40 | 1102 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 24 | 1568 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 30 | 1336 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 30 | 1403 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 38 | 1212 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 51 | 1051 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 47 | 1108 | 5 | 4210 |
| 1926 | 52 | 1032 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 69 | 890 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 52 | 1086 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 68 | 889 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 30 | 1508 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 34 | 1374 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 26 | 1626 | 5 | 4286 |
| 1919 | 32 | 1369 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 21 | 1805 | 6 | 3728 |
| 1917 | 15 | 2204 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 20 | 1739 | 5 | 3897 |
| 1915 | 13 | 2255 | 5 | 3825 |
| 1914 | 13 | 1896 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 11 | 1883 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 9 | 1981 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 5 | 2463 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 7 | 1935 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 5 | 2208 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 7 | 1676 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 6 | 1821 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 5 | 1951 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 8 | 1420 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 7 | 1486 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 7 | 1339 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 5 | 1932 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 5 | 1596 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 7 | 1379 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 5 | 1555 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1895 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 6 | 1278 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 6 | 1210 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 6 | 1136 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1886 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1885 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1884 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1883 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 5 | 908 | <5 | — |
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Where Penny is most popular
- Utah6.4×
- Idaho3.3×
- Oregon2.4×
- Colorado2.0×
- Washington2.0×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years