Penni
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197
- Peak · girls
- 1964 · 147 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,606since 1938
Penni over time
Rank among girls' names. Penni has never cracked the top 800 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 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
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| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
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| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 |
| 1979 | #3,078 | 27 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 |
| 1975 | #2,097 | 41 |
| 1974 | #1,999 | 42 |
| 1973 | #1,979 | 41 |
| 1972 | #1,749 | 50 |
| 1971 | #1,445 | 72 |
| 1970 | #1,330 | 79 |
| 1969 | #1,270 | 78 |
| 1968 | #1,177 | 84 |
| 1967 | #984 | 107 |
| 1966 | #1,022 | 102 |
| 1965 | #878 | 129 |
| 1964 | #858 | 147 |
| 1963 | #898 | 136 |
| 1962 | #867 | 148 |
| 1961 | #952 | 129 |
| 1960 | #968 | 122 |
| 1959 | #959 | 121 |
| 1958 | #1,164 | 83 |
| 1957 | #1,228 | 73 |
| 1956 | #1,339 | 60 |
| 1955 | #1,383 | 52 |
| 1954 | #1,392 | 52 |
| 1953 | #1,358 | 51 |
| 1952 | #1,439 | 45 |
| 1951 | #1,462 | 41 |
| 1950 | #1,550 | 36 |
| 1949 | #1,469 | 39 |
| 1948 | #1,548 | 36 |
| 1947 | #1,633 | 34 |
| 1946 | #1,647 | 29 |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 |
| 1944 | #1,808 | 22 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
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| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Penni! It came in at #3,450, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1939, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Penni is popular in 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Iowa#311 · 1 in 2,342
- Indiana#506 · 1 in 6,008
- Tennessee#537 · 1 in 6,066
- Pennsylvania#888 · 1 in 17,906
- Illinois#1,032 · 1 in 17,597
Best ever in a state: #311 in Iowa, 1966.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #311 | 9 | 1 in 2,342 |
| Indiana | #506 | 7 | 1 in 6,008 |
| Tennessee | #537 | 5 | 1 in 6,066 |
| Pennsylvania | #888 | 5 | 1 in 17,906 |
| Illinois | #1,032 | 5 | 1 in 17,597 |
| California | #1,163 | 9 | 1 in 17,083 |
| New York | #1,389 | 5 | 1 in 29,166 |
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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 Penni
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 205 spots in 1959 (#1,164 → #959)
- Biggest drop: 193 spots in 1968 (#984 → #1,177)
- Debuted 1938
- Peaked 1964 at #858 (147 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1959–1965
- Highest: 1 in 12,890 girls born in 1964 were named Penni (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,226 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 45.4% of all girls named Penni (1,182) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 7 | #3,450 (1938) | #3,450 |
| 1940s | 211 | #1,469 (1949) | #2,347 |
| 1950s | 614 | #959 (1959) | #1,327 |
| 1960s | 1,182 | #858 (1964) | #987 |
| 1970s | 419 | #1,330 (1970) | #2,355 |
| 1980s | 105 | #4,005 (1981) | #5,606 |
| 1990s | 5 | #12,958 (1990) | #12,958 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 44 | #11,781 (2016) | #14,321 |
| 2020s | 19 | #12,142 (2020) | #13,197 |
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.
Penni in 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 16,590 of them was named Penni, which outranked 86.6% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,017Jacki103
- #1,017Joel103
- #1,017Tyra103
- #1,022Penni102
- #1,022Clarice102
- #1,022Evonne102
- #1,022Francisca102
- #1,031Antonette101
- #1,031Carin101
- #1,031Glynis101
Tied with 8 names at #1,022; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.