NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Penelope Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Penelope: every year it appeared on the national list since 2015, with 53 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
53
Peak year
2021 #8009
Years on the list
8
10-year trend
-3.7%

In the 2020s ·

Popularity history

2015–2024

YearBirthsRank
20155#13531
20169#8640
20176#11845
20187#10461
20205#13556
202110#8009
20225#13832
20246#11984

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 2021

State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

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