Peggie
Last seen for girls in 2001 at #13,521
- Peak · girls
- 1939 · 206 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,355since 1886
Peggie over time
Rank among girls' names. Peggie has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2010 | — | |
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| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 |
| 1970 | #2,354 | 32 |
| 1969 | #2,350 | 30 |
| 1968 | #1,887 | 40 |
| 1967 | #1,732 | 44 |
| 1966 | #1,700 | 44 |
| 1965 | #1,622 | 48 |
| 1964 | #1,747 | 44 |
| 1963 | #1,464 | 58 |
| 1962 | #1,314 | 71 |
| 1961 | #1,243 | 79 |
| 1960 | #1,063 | 102 |
| 1959 | #904 | 133 |
| 1958 | #719 | 188 |
| 1957 | #951 | 117 |
| 1956 | #772 | 161 |
| 1955 | #773 | 154 |
| 1954 | #704 | 174 |
| 1953 | #680 | 176 |
| 1952 | #634 | 195 |
| 1951 | #611 | 198 |
| 1950 | #630 | 182 |
| 1949 | #525 | 245 |
| 1948 | #510 | 258 |
| 1947 | #545 | 239 |
| 1946 | #573 | 194 |
| 1945 | #542 | 182 |
| 1944 | #526 | 191 |
| 1943 | #554 | 187 |
| 1942 | #529 | 196 |
| 1941 | #468 | 223 |
| 1940 | #477 | 200 |
| 1939 | #466 | 206 |
| 1938 | #495 | 181 |
| 1937 | #493 | 177 |
| 1936 | #496 | 169 |
| 1935 | #499 | 162 |
| 1934 | #480 | 178 |
| 1933 | #497 | 165 |
| 1932 | #557 | 138 |
| 1931 | #543 | 148 |
| 1930 | #622 | 124 |
| 1929 | #590 | 134 |
| 1928 | #683 | 105 |
| 1927 | #863 | 73 |
| 1926 | #804 | 81 |
| 1925 | #833 | 80 |
| 1924 | #934 | 66 |
| 1923 | #1,101 | 48 |
| 1922 | #1,008 | 55 |
| 1921 | #969 | 58 |
| 1920 | #1,206 | 40 |
| 1919 | #1,369 | 32 |
| 1918 | #1,073 | 46 |
| 1917 | #1,307 | 31 |
| 1916 | #1,013 | 46 |
| 1915 | #1,367 | 27 |
| 1914 | #1,344 | 22 |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 |
| 1910 | #1,171 | 15 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 |
| 1904 | #1,050 | 12 |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 |
| 1902 | #972 | 13 |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Peggie! It came in at #1,108, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Peggie is popular in 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#199 · 1 in 1,130
- North Carolina#229 · 1 in 1,422
- Mississippi#255 · 1 in 1,504
- Alabama#295 · 1 in 2,095
- Virginia#304 · 1 in 2,648
Best ever in a state: #169 in North Carolina, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #199 | 24 | 1 in 1,130 |
| North Carolina | #229 | 26 | 1 in 1,422 |
| Mississippi | #255 | 15 | 1 in 1,504 |
| Alabama | #295 | 14 | 1 in 2,095 |
| Virginia | #304 | 9 | 1 in 2,648 |
| Georgia | #321 | 12 | 1 in 2,568 |
| Florida | #358 | 5 | 1 in 2,714 |
| South Carolina | #366 | 6 | 1 in 3,416 |
| Kentucky | #401 | 7 | 1 in 4,032 |
| Arkansas | #428 | 5 | 1 in 3,742 |
| Texas | #429 | 18 | 1 in 3,206 |
| Missouri | #438 | 5 | 1 in 5,366 |
| Illinois | #614 | 5 | 1 in 11,042 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Peggie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
- Biggest jump: 255 spots in 1902 (#1,227 → #972)
- Biggest drop: 468 spots in 1903 (#972 → #1,440)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1939 at #466 (206 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1924–1959
- Highest: 1 in 5,323 girls born in 1939 were named Peggie (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 300,104 girls born in 2001 (0.00%)
- 28.8% of all girls named Peggie (2,115) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #1,036 (1888) | #1,072 |
| 1890s | 22 | #1,278 (1892) | #1,426 |
| 1900s | 91 | #972 (1902) | #1,349 |
| 1910s | 256 | #1,013 (1916) | #1,330 |
| 1920s | 740 | #590 (1929) | #899 |
| 1930s | 1,648 | #466 (1939) | #515 |
| 1940s | 2,115 | #468 (1941) | #525 |
| 1950s | 1,678 | #611 (1951) | #738 |
| 1960s | 560 | #1,063 (1960) | #1,612 |
| 1970s | 150 | #2,354 (1970) | #4,581 |
| 1980s | 65 | #4,532 (1981) | #8,355 |
| 1990s | 12 | #11,738 (1992) | #11,758 |
| 2000s | 6 | #13,521 (2001) | #13,521 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Peggie in 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
More about 1938
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1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 6,096 of them was named Peggie, which outranked 90.1% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).