How Many People Are Named Penley?
An estimated 60 people in the United States have the first name Penley. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 10 years old, and Penley peaked in popularity in 2015 with 9 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Penley 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 Penley paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Penley is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
60
About 1 in 5,712,572 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
10
years old
Peak Year
2015
9 births
Total Registered
60
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Penley
Penley is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 60 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Penley as a female name
Ranked #10,923 in 2021
9 female births in 2021
Peak: 2015 (9 births)
Penley: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Penley span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 46 babies were registered. Penley has declined significantly from its peak in the 2010s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Penley by Decade
How has Penley 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.
Penley + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Penley as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Penley
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Penley: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Penley?
We estimate approximately 60 people named Penley 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 5,712,572 Americans share this first name.
Is Penley a common name?
Penley is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 57.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 60 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Penley most popular?
Penley reached peak popularity in 2015, when 9 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Penley is approximately 10 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Penley a female name?
Penley is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Penley Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Penley Smith, Penley Johnson, Penley 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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