Feminine dossier · first seen 1925

Penney

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1962

Peak era

1962

Peak rank proxy

113

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Boomer

1925Peak 19622024

Peak year

1962

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

1,951

Penney is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1962, when 113 girls were named Penney.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 1,951 Americans have been named Penney and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1925.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1962

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