Masculine dossier · first seen 1915

Penn

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2014

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1915Peak 20142024

Peak year

2014

Decline from peak

46.8%

2024

All-time

1,160

Penn 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 2014, when 79 boys were named Penn.

In 2024, only 42 boys were given the name.

Down 46.8% from its peak.

All told, about 1,160 Americans have been named Penn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1915.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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