NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Penny Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Penny: every year it appeared on the national list since 1915, with 384 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
384
Peak year
1962 #1580
Years on the list
41
10-year trend
-1.9%

In the 1960s ·

Popularity history

1915–1974

YearBirthsRank
196013#2400
196110#2845
196226#1580
196314#2278
196416#2093
196511#2582
19668#3177
196713#2323
196811#2689
196910#3012
197013#2706
197113#2775
19728#3878
197311#3163
19747#4505

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

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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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