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Penny

Penny holds the #740 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular girl names in the U.S. That amounts to 368 newborn girls in a single year. The ranking has held remarkably steady over the last five years. Its strongest year on record was 1963 (#86 nationally, 5,129 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1882. The name's biggest fan base is in Utah (#172 there in 2025).

Rankings

2025 rank
#740
among girl names
Trend
Stable
last 5 years
All-time peak
#86
in 1963 (1960s)
Babies in 2025
368
girls named Penny

Penny popularity, 1880–2025

0.072%0.14%0.22%0.29%18801900192019401960198020002020#86 in 1963
Girls — share of U.S. female birthsSource: SSA, 1880–2025◆ peak 1963

Where Penny is most popular

Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025AK—Maine: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025ME—Vermont: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025VT—New Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025NH—Washington: #811 (7 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)WA#811Idaho: #221 (10 girls, 0.14% of girls born 2025)ID#221Montana: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025MT—North Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025ND—Minnesota: #422 (12 girls, 0.06% of girls born 2025)MN#422Wisconsin: #518 (9 girls, 0.04% of girls born 2025)WI#518Michigan: #638 (12 girls, 0.03% of girls born 2025)MI#638New York: #980 (15 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)NY#980Massachusetts: #682 (7 girls, 0.03% of girls born 2025)MA#682Rhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025RI—Oregon: #396 (9 girls, 0.07% of girls born 2025)OR#396Nevada: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025NV—Wyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025WY—South Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025SD—Iowa: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025IA—Illinois: #927 (9 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)IL#927Indiana: #611 (10 girls, 0.04% of girls born 2025)IN#611Ohio: #668 (14 girls, 0.03% of girls born 2025)OH#668Pennsylvania: #927 (9 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)PA#927New Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025NJ—Connecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025CT—California: #830 (35 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)CA#830Utah: #172 (26 girls, 0.15% of girls born 2025)UT#172Colorado: #456 (12 girls, 0.05% of girls born 2025)CO#456Nebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025NE—Missouri: #926 (5 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)MO#926Kentucky: #570 (7 girls, 0.04% of girls born 2025)KY#570West Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025WV—Virginia: #1037 (6 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)VA#1037Maryland: #600 (8 girls, 0.04% of girls born 2025)MD#600Delaware: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025DE—Arizona: #578 (11 girls, 0.04% of girls born 2025)AZ#578New Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025NM—Kansas: #497 (6 girls, 0.05% of girls born 2025)KS#497Arkansas: #489 (6 girls, 0.06% of girls born 2025)AR#489Tennessee: #603 (12 girls, 0.04% of girls born 2025)TN#603North Carolina: #834 (11 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)NC#834South Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025SC—District of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025DC—Oklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025OK—Louisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025LA—Mississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025MS—Alabama: #716 (6 girls, 0.03% of girls born 2025)AL#716Georgia: #915 (10 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)GA#915Hawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Penny in 2025HI—Texas: #1190 (22 girls, 0.01% of girls born 2025)TX#1190Florida: #825 (19 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)FL#825
Share of girls born in 2025:lowhighno data (< 5 births)
Strongest states: Utah (#172), Idaho (#221), Oregon (#396)

Uniqueness score

47/ 100Balanced
everywhereone of a kind

Well known, but far from crowded — the middle of the field. Based on how many babies per birth were named Penny in the most recent year of SSA data.

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