How common is the name Peggy?

183,679 people in the United States have the first name Peggy, about 1 in 1,644. It ranks #302 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

PEGGY

#302

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
183,679
About
1 in 1,644
This common or more
49.1%
Who bears it

Of the 183,679 people named Peggy, 86.9% reported their origin as White, 6.8% as Black and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Peggy peaked in 1958, when 10,085 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1958
Births that year
10,085
In 2025*
12 ▼100%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 293,563 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Peggy by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #70. The largest share of babies named Peggy, 49%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#1,235104
1890s#731378
1900s#4941,100
1910s#4574,323
1920s#21421,928
1930s#7056,521
1940s#8172,307
1950s#9284,462
1960s#20837,147
1970s#46610,547
1980s#1,1203,083
1990s#2,6661,003
2000s#7,022338
2010s#9,953220
2020s#11,472102
Before 19010.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–276.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4534.6%
Baby boom 1946–6449%
Generation X 1965–807.9%
Millennials 1981–961.2%
Generation Z 1997–120.2%
2013 and later0.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Peggy is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Peggy has been most common in West Virginia (2.1×), Tennessee (2.1×), and North Carolina (2×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.14×).

288,577 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Peggy

#300 Rita · 184,218#301 Marcus · 184,054#303 Louis · 183,365#304 Johnny · 183,104

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Peggy, most common first.

#17,250 Peggi · 643#41,955 Pegge · 173#49,509 Peggye · 125

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