Peggie

Last seen for girls in 2001 at #13,521

Peak · girls
1939 · 206 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,355
since 1886

Peggie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Peggie has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #466, 1939girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2001#13,5216
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1994#11,7786
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1992#11,7386
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1989#10,8476
1988—
1987#11,3255
1986—
1985#8,3187
1984#9,1446
1983#8,0477
1982#5,53412
1981#4,53216
1980#9,0956
1979#7,3138
1978#5,21412
1977#6,3409
1976—
1975#7,1737
1974#3,69517
1973#3,01522
1972#3,06221
1971#3,06222
1970#2,35432
1969#2,35030
1968#1,88740
1967#1,73244
1966#1,70044
1965#1,62248
1964#1,74744
1963#1,46458
1962#1,31471
1961#1,24379
1960#1,063102
1959#904133
1958#719188
1957#951117
1956#772161
1955#773154
1954#704174
1953#680176
1952#634195
1951#611198
1950#630182
1949#525245
1948#510258
1947#545239
1946#573194
1945#542182
1944#526191
1943#554187
1942#529196
1941#468223
1940#477200
1939#466206
1938#495181
1937#493177
1936#496169
1935#499162
1934#480178
1933#497165
1932#557138
1931#543148
1930#622124
1929#590134
1928#683105
1927#86373
1926#80481
1925#83380
1924#93466
1923#1,10148
1922#1,00855
1921#96958
1920#1,20640
1919#1,36932
1918#1,07346
1917#1,30731
1916#1,01346
1915#1,36727
1914#1,34422
1913#1,67013
1912#1,54013
1911#1,45011
1910#1,17115
1909#1,7637
1908#1,8626
1907#1,20611
1906#1,22910
1905#1,4208
1904#1,05012
1903#1,4407
1902#97213
1901#1,2278
1900#1,3199
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1898#1,5026
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1894#1,4855
1893#1,4375
1892#1,2786
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1888#1,0367
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1886#1,1085
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First appearance
1886

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 1942

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #703 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,102 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedMINew York: #750 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 18,843 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedMOKentucky: #396 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,190 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedWVVirginia: #345 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,650 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #382 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,395 girlsARTennessee: #248 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,649 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #218 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,445 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #239 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,487 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #429 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,079 girlsOKLouisiana: #509 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,253 girlsLAMississippi: #287 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,872 girlsMSAlabama: #422 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,725 girlsALGeorgia: #376 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,518 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedHITexas: #479 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,187 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Peggie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#218 · 1 in 1,445
  2. South Carolina#239 · 1 in 1,487
  3. Tennessee#248 · 1 in 1,649
  4. Mississippi#287 · 1 in 1,872
  5. Virginia#345 · 1 in 3,650

Best ever in a state: #169 in North Carolina, 1940.

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StateRankBirthsShare
North Carolina#218291 in 1,445
South Carolina#239161 in 1,487
Tennessee#248191 in 1,649
Mississippi#287131 in 1,872
Virginia#34581 in 3,650
Georgia#376101 in 3,518
Arkansas#38261 in 3,395
Kentucky#39671 in 4,190
Alabama#42271 in 4,725
Oklahoma#42951 in 4,079
Texas#479161 in 4,187
Louisiana#50951 in 5,253
Illinois#70351 in 14,102
New York#75061 in 18,843
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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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
53 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1939 at #466 (206 births)
  • Births halved by 1960, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1924–1959
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,323
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 28.8% of all girls named Peggie (2,115) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s12#1,036 (1888)#1,072
1890s22#1,278 (1892)#1,426
1900s91#972 (1902)#1,349
1910s256#1,013 (1916)#1,330
1920s740#590 (1929)#899
1930s1,648#466 (1939)#515
1940s2,115#468 (1941)#525
1950s1,678#611 (1951)#738
1960s560#1,063 (1960)#1,612
1970s150#2,354 (1970)#4,581
1980s65#4,532 (1981)#8,355
1990s12#11,738 (1992)#11,758
2000s6#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 1942

girls
#529
196 births · 1 in 6,891 girls

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #529Peggie196
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 6,891 of them was named Peggie, which outranked 90.2% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Peggie
  1. #526Merry200
  2. #527Jennifer198
  3. #528Louella197
  4. #529Peggie196
  5. #529Carmela196
  6. #529Dian196
  7. #529Sherrie196
  8. #533Roslyn195
  9. #534Lilly194
  10. #535Marilee192

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,567Michal#4,420 → #853
  2. ↑ 1,885Merrily#2,397 → #512
  3. ↑ 1,081Merrilee#1,954 → #873
  4. ↑ 783Jerrilyn#1,610 → #827
  5. ↑ 760Candace#1,418 → #658
Fallers
  1. ↓ 354Rebekah#924 → #1,278
  2. ↓ 350Leatha#830 → #1,180
  3. ↓ 307Nella#993 → #1,300
  4. ↓ 272Arla#934 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 262Vivien#735 → #997

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1942 →