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Penny

Pronounced /ˈpɛni/

Rank in 2024
#746
Born in 2024
376
Peak year
1963 · #86
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 376 girls were named Penny, about 1 in every 4,290.
  • It peaked in 1963 with 5,127 babies, ranked #86.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1882.
  • 100,247 girls have been named Penny since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Penny per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. 0.3
    Silent
  3. 1.6
    Boomers
  4. 1.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 569 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 6,877 babies, 0.33 per 1,000. Boomers: 56,041 babies, 1.56 per 1,000. Gen X: 27,889 babies, 1.09 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,004 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,348 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,474 babies, 0.22 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Pen(elope) + -y. ==== Proper noun ==== Penny A diminutive of the female given name Penelope.

  • A diminutive of the female given name Penelope.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈpɛni/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Penny, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Pennie

    Rank
    #9,707
    Born '24
    10
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19632024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Penni

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19622024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Penney

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19622024