Feminine dossier · first seen 1938

Penni

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1962

Peak era

1962

Peak rank proxy

148

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Boomer

1938Peak 19622024

Peak year

1962

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

2,605

Penni 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 148 girls were named Penni.

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 2,605 Americans have been named Penni and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1938.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1962

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