Feminine dossier · first seen 1882

Penny

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

Endangered Down 92.7% from peak

Peak era

1963

Peak rank proxy

5,127

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1882Peak 19632024

Peak year

1963

Decline from peak

92.7%

2024

376

All-time

100,247

Penny once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1963, when 5,127 girls were named Penny.

In 2024, only 376 girls were given the name.

Down 92.7% from its peak.

All told, about 100,247 Americans have been named Penny and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1882.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.7% from peak

19635,127 girls named Penny

2024376 girls named Penny

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