Penn

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Peak · boys
#1,857
2014 · 79 births
Debut · boys
1915
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,208
since 1915

Penn over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Penn has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,857, 2014boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,67648
2024—#2,95842
2023—#2,11369
2022—#2,51754
2021—#2,19364
2020#12,1427#1,96273
2019#15,5395#2,12967
2018—#2,57949
2017—#2,18661
2016—#2,14564
2015#10,14810#2,32856
2014—#1,85779
2013—#2,36453
2012—#2,63246
2011—#3,23534
2010—#3,53130
2009—#3,39932
2008—#4,39522
2007—#5,90114
2006—#7,42710
2005—#7,09610
2004—#8,9277
2003—#7,8318
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2001—#6,9359
2000—#8,2097
1999—#8,7046
1998—#8,4796
1997—#9,2655
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1992—#6,6707
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1989—#5,6158
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1987—#5,4597
1986—#5,3327
1985—#6,5235
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1983—#5,4846
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1974—#4,6346
1973—#5,1015
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1970—#4,7245
1969—#3,5957
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1964—#3,2827
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1961—#4,0655
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1959—#3,0378
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1957—#3,2577
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1955—#3,8865
1954—#3,1767
1953—#3,7985
1952—#3,3736
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1947—#3,3706
1946—#2,9197
1945—#3,3385
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Penn! It came in at #3,082, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Penn is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,277 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,294 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedHITexas: #2,285 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 29,175 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Penn, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Carolina#1,277 · 1 in 10,294
  2. Texas#2,285 · 1 in 29,175

Best ever in a state: #680 in Utah, 2020.

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North Carolina#1,27751 in 10,294
Texas#2,28561 in 29,175
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Penn
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 282 spots since 2024 (#2,958 → #2,676)
  • 714 spots since 2020 (#1,962 → #2,676)
  • 348 spots since 2015 (#2,328 → #2,676)
Rise & fade · boys
99 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 2014 at #1,857 (79 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 23,645
  • Highest: 1 in 23,645 boys born in 2020 were named Penn (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 35,585 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,857 in 2014, was only 1 in 24,315 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 44.6% of all boys named Penn (539) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s13#3,082 (1915)#3,314
1920s21#3,867 (1924)#4,165
1930s11#3,175 (1938)#3,588
1940s25#2,919 (1946)#3,162
1950s38#3,037 (1959)#3,421
1960s19#3,282 (1964)#3,647
1970s16#4,634 (1974)#4,820
1980s33#5,332 (1986)#5,683
1990s24#6,670 (1992)#8,280
2000s119#3,399 (2009)#6,680
2010s539#1,857 (2014)#2,499
2020s350#1,962 (2020)#2,403

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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