Penney Popularity by Year
Follow Penney across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Penney 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Girls | 5 | #15,682 | Down 4,993 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 9 | #10,689 | Up 1,242 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 8 | #11,931 | Up 4,938 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 5 | #16,869 | Down 5,071 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 5 | #11,798 | Down 4,235 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 8 | #7,563 | Up 590 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 7 | #8,153 | Down 2,696 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 12 | #5,457 | Down 741 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 15 | #4,716 | Up 4,394 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 6 | #9,110 | Down 4,132 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 14 | #4,978 | Down 747 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 17 | #4,231 | Down 719 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 21 | #3,512 | Down 674 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 28 | #2,838 | Up 449 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 21 | #3,287 | Down 544 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 27 | #2,743 | Down 310 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 31 | #2,433 | Down 166 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 34 | #2,267 | Down 518 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 50 | #1,749 | Up 188 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 44 | #1,937 | Up 144 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 39 | #2,081 | Down 184 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 43 | #1,897 | Down 358 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 55 | #1,539 | Down 98 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 59 | #1,441 | Down 106 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 66 | #1,335 | Up 2 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 67 | #1,337 | Down 218 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 96 | #1,119 | Up 122 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 78 | #1,241 | Down 233 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 113 | #1,008 | Up 245 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 78 | #1,253 | Down 115 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 91 | #1,138 | Up 118 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 73 | #1,256 | Down 53 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 78 | #1,203 | Up 98 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 66 | #1,301 | Up 28 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 61 | #1,329 | Up 116 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 49 | #1,445 | Down 112 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 56 | #1,333 | Up 158 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 43 | #1,491 | Up 32 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 40 | #1,523 | Up 5 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 38 | #1,528 | Up 22 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 36 | #1,550 | Down 61 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 38 | #1,489 | Up 180 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 31 | #1,669 | Down 208 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 41 | #1,461 | Up 633 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 20 | #2,094 | Down 34 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 17 | #2,060 | Down 193 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 21 | #1,867 | Down 276 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 28 | #1,591 | Up 77 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 25 | #1,668 | Up 214 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 19 | #1,882 | Up 1,081 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 9 | #2,963 | Up 1,287 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 5 | #4,250 | Up 723 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 5 | #4,973 | — |