first name
PENNIE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,977 people named Pennie, 83.1% reported their origin as White, 9.1% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Pennie peaked in 1963, when 258 babies got the name.
At least 5,814 babies have been given the name since 1882. 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.
Pennie by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,297. The largest share of babies named Pennie, 47.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Pennie is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Pennie has been most common in North Carolina (3.2×), Michigan (2.2×), and Georgia (1.9×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.59×).
2,691 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.
Exactly as common as Pennie
2 other first names also have 3,977 people.
Either side of Pennie
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Pennie, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Pennie ranks #36,294 of 156,621, with 664 people. See Pennie as a last name
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