How Many People Are Named Penina?
An estimated 958 people in the United States have the first name Penina. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Penina peaked in popularity in 2022 with 39 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Penina as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Penina paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
958
About 1 in 357,781 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
2022
39 births
Total Registered
989
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Penina
Penina is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 989 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Penina as a female name
Ranked #4,619 in 2024
30 female births in 2024
Peak: 2022 (39 births)
Penina: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Penina span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 246 babies were registered. While Penina is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Penina by Decade
How has Penina tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Penina by State
Birth registrations for Penina span all 3 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, New Jersey, California. The lowest are in California, New Jersey, New York. On average, about 136 Peninas were registered per state.
Penina + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Penina as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Penina
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Penina: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Penina?
We estimate approximately 958 people named Penina are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 357,781 Americans share this first name.
Is Penina a common name?
Penina is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 89.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 989 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Penina most popular?
Penina reached peak popularity in 2022, when 39 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Penina is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Penina a female name?
Penina is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Penina Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Penina Smith, Penina Johnson, Penina Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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