Penni Girl

How popular is Penni?

Peaked in 1962

No babies were recorded with the name Penni in 2025. It was most used in 1962, when 148 girls got the name.

Compare with other names
2,265living people named Penni (est.)
62median age of people named Penni
2,606babies named Penni since 1880

Penni popularity over time

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Rank in 2025Not ranked
Babies in 20250 girls
10-year trendFalling fast (-100% babies vs 2015)
Peak year1962 (148 girls)
Highest rank#858 in 1964
First recorded1938
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls

Penni counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Penny family of names ranked #694 for girls in 2025 (#699 the year before), with 383 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Penny 368 96%
Pennie 15 4%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Penni by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1930s7#3,448
1940s211#1,468
1950s614#958
1960s1,182#858
1970s419#1,330
1980s105#4,004
1990s5#12,952
2010s44#11,776
2020s19#12,137

Questions

Is Penni a boy or girl name?
Penni is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Penni were girls.
How popular is the name Penni?
No babies were recorded with the name Penni in 2025. It was most used in 1962, when 148 girls got the name.
When was Penni most popular?
Penni peaked in 1962, when 148 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #858 in 1964.
How many people are named Penni?
2,606 babies have been named Penni in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,265 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 62.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.