Peggye

Peak · girls
1942 · 21 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
298
since 1926

Peggye over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Peggye has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,860, 1942girls
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1958#4,8907
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1944#3,3788
1943#2,15117
1942#1,86021
1941#2,66811
1940#3,2088
1939#2,20614
1938#2,44712
1937#2,73510
1936#3,1038
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1933#2,05215
1932#2,23514
1931#3,4977
1930#2,55212
1929#2,43713
1928#3,7437
1927#3,8757
1926#3,5648
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First appearance
1926

The first year at least five girls were named Peggye! It came in at #3,564, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1945, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Peggye is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Peggye in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Peggye
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1958
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1926
  • Peaked 1942 at #1,860 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 64,320
  • Highest: 1 in 64,320 girls born in 1942 were named Peggye (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 287,374 girls born in 1958 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 37.6% of all girls named Peggye (112) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s35#2,437 (1929)#3,405
1930s112#2,052 (1933)#2,630
1940s111#1,860 (1942)#2,850
1950s40#3,423 (1950)#4,855

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.

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