Peg Popularity by Year
Follow Peg across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Peg birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Girls | 5 | #7,016 | Down 1,559 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 7 | #5,457 | Up 352 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 6 | #5,809 | Down 1,607 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 10 | #4,202 | Down 1,202 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 18 | #3,000 | Up 635 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 13 | #3,635 | Down 1,323 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 27 | #2,312 | Up 361 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 21 | #2,673 | Down 576 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 30 | #2,097 | Down 277 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 37 | #1,820 | Down 141 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 41 | #1,679 | Down 38 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 43 | #1,641 | Up 230 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 33 | #1,871 | Up 107 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 29 | #1,978 | Up 208 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 24 | #2,186 | Down 115 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 25 | #2,071 | Down 358 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 33 | #1,713 | Up 761 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 17 | #2,474 | Down 353 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 21 | #2,121 | Down 385 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 30 | #1,736 | Down 67 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 31 | #1,669 | Up 228 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 26 | #1,897 | Down 338 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 32 | #1,559 | Up 315 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 20 | #1,874 | Up 153 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 18 | #2,027 | Up 224 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 16 | #2,251 | Down 270 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 19 | #1,981 | Down 285 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 22 | #1,696 | Down 61 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 23 | #1,635 | Up 3 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 22 | #1,638 | Up 307 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 17 | #1,945 | Down 100 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 18 | #1,845 | Up 187 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 15 | #2,032 | Up 63 places |
| 1935 | Girls | 15 | #2,095 | Up 646 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 10 | #2,741 | Up 1,012 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 6 | #3,753 | Down 616 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 9 | #3,137 | Up 1,058 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 6 | #4,195 | Up 91 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 6 | #4,286 | Down 413 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 7 | #3,873 | Up 561 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 6 | #4,434 | Up 533 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 5 | #4,967 | Down 373 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 5 | #4,594 | Down 675 places |
| 1916 | Girls | 6 | #3,919 | Down 301 places |
| 1914 | Girls | 5 | #3,618 | Down 791 places |
| 1913 | Girls | 6 | #2,827 | — |