NameTides

Penny

Penny was the #740 girls' name in the US in 2025 (368 babies), and #232 in England & Wales and #767 in Canada.

Penny as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Penny as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Penny as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#740 (368)#232 (201)#164 (25)#111 (19)#156 (30)#767 (38)
2024#747 (377)#193 (251)#138 (32)#134 (15)#130 (35)#719 (41)
2023#676 (434)#194 (256)#133 (32)#102 (20)#93 (55)#639 (45)
2022#726 (402)#196 (262)#139 (31)#67 (32)#82 (66)#523 (55)
2021#704 (409)#178 (288)#117 (38)#71 (31)#98 (56)#655 (45)
2020#725 (383)#166 (304)#134 (32)#95 (22)#83 (63)#714 (40)
2019#768 (362)#173 (294)#107 (42)#98 (22)#114 (48)#657 (46)
2018#751 (363)#198 (260)#111 (43)#98 (25)#103 (58)#646 (46)
2017#768 (361)#176 (305)#125 (38)#77 (30)#108 (55)#535 (59)
2016#692 (419)#178 (305)#131 (37)#88 (29)#110 (54)#563 (55)
2015#757 (372)#183 (301)#134 (36)#129 (18)#146 (40)#743 (38)
2014#808 (345)#208 (259)#191 (24)#106 (23)#154 (38)#640 (47)
2013#996 (251)#254 (190)#183 (25)#124 (18)#148 (40)#647 (44)
2012#1,071 (233)#308 (156)#241 (19)#297 (6)#208 (27)#801 (34)
2011#1,382 (165)#398 (115)#188 (24)#207 (9)#325 (15)#850 (31)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1963 at #86.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 720common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 380common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 700common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Penny is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,900 to 1 in 4,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Penny by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #518WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: #221IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #422MNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #638MINew York: #980NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: #396ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #611INOhio: #668OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #830CAUtah: #172UTColorado: #456CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #497KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #603TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,190TXFlorida: #825FL
Penny (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#82314

Penny (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PennyCanadaGirls#76738
PennyEngland & WalesGirls#232201
PennyIrelandGirls#15630
PennyNorthern IrelandGirls#11119
PennyScotlandGirls#16425
PennyUSGirls#740368
PennyUSBoys—too few