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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Penney

Penney was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1962, when it ranked 1013th with 113 babies. More babies were named Penney in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1962113 babies
Total since 1880
1,951babies recorded

Penney popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980#5,15614
1970#2,10839
1960#1,14591
1950#1,56736
1940#3,1599
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Penney, counting every spelling?

Penney has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Penney?

About 1,600 people born in the US named Penney are alive today, with a median age of 64; half are between 57 and 69. That makes Penney a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Penney by state

How common Penney was among girls born in each state in 1960–1964, around its peak. In 41 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesIL0.01Michigan: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesMI0.06New York: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesNY0.04Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesOH0.01Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMO0.03Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTN0.07North Carolina: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNC0.03South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesLA0.03Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Penney, girls, 1960–1964. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Penney: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Penney, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Penney

How popular is the name Penney?

Penney was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1962, when it ranked 1013th with 113 babies. More babies were named Penney in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Penney a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,951 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Penney most popular?

In 1960–1964, Penney was most common in Tennessee (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Michigan and New York.