Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Penelope

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Penelope
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2019

Peak rank proxy

6,733

Current vitality

Strong

Generation

Gen Alpha

1880Peak 20192024

Peak year

2019

Decline from peak

14.7%

2024

5,741

All-time

103,215

Penelope has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2019, when 6,733 girls were named Penelope.

In 2024, only 5,741 girls were given the name.

Down 14.7% from its peak.

All told, about 103,215 Americans have been named Penelope and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMass culture

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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