Penny

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Penny is a feminine given name and nickname, often a short form of Penelope.

From Wikipedia

Penny first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 305 babies (rank #179 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Penny

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

2,174
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
305
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
199681#401
199754#512
199869#437
199954#532
200055#523
200147#582
200236#731
200348#616
200445#662
200534#843
200629#999
200747#724
200865#587
200972#546
2010112#397
2011115#400
2012156#310
2013190#254
2014259#208
2015301#183
2016305#179