Penelope Popularity by Year
Follow Penelope across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Penelope 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 6,225 | #22 | Up 6 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 6 | #10,938 | Up 1,392 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 5,760 | #28 | Down 5 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 6,068 | #23 | Down 2 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 5 | #12,330 | Down 4,743 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 6,430 | #21 | Up 2 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 10 | #7,587 | Up 4,435 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 6,370 | #23 | Up 3 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 5 | #12,022 | Down 2,352 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 6,152 | #26 | Down 4 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 6,734 | #22 | Up 4 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 7 | #9,670 | Up 1,105 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 6,524 | #26 | Down 2 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 6 | #10,775 | Down 2,629 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 6,668 | #24 | Up 3 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 9 | #8,146 | Up 3,940 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 6,400 | #27 | Up 7 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 5 | #12,086 | — |
| 2015 | Girls | 5,953 | #34 | Up 9 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 5,089 | #43 | Up 13 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 4,292 | #56 | Up 69 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 2,536 | #125 | Up 43 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 1,871 | #168 | Up 32 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 1,547 | #200 | Up 53 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 1,297 | #253 | Up 106 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 919 | #359 | Up 50 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 796 | #409 | Up 73 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 649 | #482 | Up 76 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 513 | #558 | Up 88 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 424 | #646 | Up 66 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 367 | #712 | Up 4 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 346 | #716 | Up 224 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 235 | #940 | Up 472 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 131 | #1,412 | Up 224 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 102 | #1,636 | Down 178 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 117 | #1,458 | Up 137 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 100 | #1,595 | Up 231 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 80 | #1,826 | Down 228 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 94 | #1,598 | Up 504 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 65 | #2,102 | Up 249 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 54 | #2,351 | Down 223 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 63 | #2,128 | Up 35 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 61 | #2,163 | Up 11 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 59 | #2,174 | Up 484 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 42 | #2,658 | Down 328 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 47 | #2,330 | Down 492 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 63 | #1,838 | Up 165 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 54 | #2,003 | Down 28 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 55 | #1,975 | Down 138 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 58 | #1,837 | Down 193 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 67 | #1,644 | Up 125 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 62 | #1,769 | Down 241 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 78 | #1,528 | Down 68 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 83 | #1,460 | Down 190 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 100 | #1,270 | Down 101 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 108 | #1,169 | Down 81 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 119 | #1,088 | Down 56 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 120 | #1,032 | Down 190 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 159 | #842 | Down 83 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 184 | #759 | Down 84 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 221 | #675 | Up 1 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 219 | #676 | Up 57 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 205 | #733 | Down 162 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 315 | #571 | Down 40 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 345 | #531 | Up 38 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 282 | #569 | Up 27 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 255 | #596 | Up 45 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 223 | #641 | Down 57 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 266 | #584 | Up 30 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 266 | #614 | Down 74 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 322 | #540 | Up 44 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 286 | #584 | Down 17 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 310 | #567 | Down 20 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 316 | #547 | Down 52 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 388 | #495 | Down 11 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 387 | #484 | Down 24 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 422 | #460 | Up 19 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 380 | #479 | Down 44 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 419 | #435 | Down 40 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 482 | #395 | Down 29 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 537 | #366 | Down 6 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 529 | #360 | Down 28 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 568 | #332 | Down 27 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 646 | #305 | Down 8 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 679 | #297 | Down 22 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 782 | #275 | Down 4 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 796 | #271 | Up 18 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 641 | #289 | Up 15 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 509 | #304 | Down 39 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 678 | #265 | Up 10 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 643 | #275 | Down 8 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 670 | #267 | Up 6 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 546 | #273 | Up 27 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 439 | #300 | Up 25 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 368 | #325 | Up 161 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 188 | #486 | Up 15 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 173 | #501 | Up 151 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 102 | #652 | Up 171 places |
| 1935 | Girls | 69 | #823 | Up 239 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 43 | #1,062 | Up 40 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 40 | #1,102 | Down 46 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 45 | #1,056 | Up 119 places |
| 1931 | Girls | 37 | #1,175 | Down 58 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 44 | #1,117 | Up 2 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 43 | #1,119 | Down 50 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 49 | #1,069 | Down 59 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 57 | #1,010 | Down 79 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 64 | #931 | Down 18 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 66 | #913 | Up 28 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 65 | #941 | Up 35 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 58 | #976 | Down 27 places |
| 1922 | Girls | 61 | #949 | Up 187 places |
| 1921 | Girls | 45 | #1,136 | Down 131 places |
| 1920 | Girls | 54 | #1,005 | Up 21 places |
| 1919 | Girls | 49 | #1,026 | Up 76 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 44 | #1,102 | Up 179 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 32 | #1,281 | Down 114 places |
| 1916 | Girls | 37 | #1,167 | Up 91 places |
| 1915 | Girls | 31 | #1,258 | Up 407 places |
| 1914 | Girls | 16 | #1,665 | Up 5 places |
| 1913 | Girls | 13 | #1,670 | Up 49 places |
| 1912 | Girls | 11 | #1,719 | Up 237 places |
| 1911 | Girls | 7 | #1,956 | Down 183 places |
| 1910 | Girls | 8 | #1,773 | Down 166 places |
| 1909 | Girls | 8 | #1,607 | Up 454 places |
| 1907 | Girls | 5 | #2,061 | Down 110 places |
| 1906 | Girls | 5 | #1,951 | Down 158 places |
| 1902 | Girls | 5 | #1,793 | Down 70 places |
| 1900 | Girls | 6 | #1,723 | Down 23 places |
| 1898 | Girls | 5 | #1,700 | Down 284 places |
| 1896 | Girls | 6 | #1,416 | Up 176 places |
| 1895 | Girls | 5 | #1,592 | Down 315 places |
| 1893 | Girls | 6 | #1,277 | Down 334 places |
| 1891 | Girls | 9 | #943 | Up 395 places |
| 1890 | Girls | 5 | #1,338 | Down 388 places |
| 1889 | Girls | 8 | #950 | Up 9 places |
| 1888 | Girls | 8 | #959 | Down 62 places |
| 1886 | Girls | 7 | #897 | Down 80 places |
| 1883 | Girls | 6 | #817 | Up 19 places |
| 1880 | Girls | 5 | #836 | — |