Peggy

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Peggy is a female first name derived from Meggy, a diminutive version of the name Margaret.

From Wikipedia

Peggy first appears in the data in 1948 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1974 with 163 babies (rank #101 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Peggy

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Peggy yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,657
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
163
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19482#87
195217#402
195315#503
195420#436
195524#407
195617#490
195714#559
195828#393
195938#345
196030#406
196138#360
196234#380
196338#360
196441#349
196545#333
196649#315
196753#309
196887#203
196975#240
1970114#173
1971148#137
1972146#132
1973129#137
1974163#101
1975154#107
1976142#115
1977126#123
1978116#137
1979110#140
198072#212
198169#221
198242#301
198343#296
198440#319
198544#313
198646#313
198732#389
198839#341
198941#337
199025#482
199130#432
199219#576
199321#562
199418#607
199512#737
19965#1,101
199712#740
199814#685
19994#1,254
20004#1,272
20012#1,576
20022#1,550
20041#1,704
20051#1,753
20061#1,725
20071#1,692
20081#1,657
20091#1,598
20101#1,474
20111#1,466