How Many People Are Named Penney?
An estimated 1,482 people in the United States have the first name Penney. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 62 years old, and Penney peaked in popularity in 1962 with 113 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Penney 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 Penney paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,482
About 1 in 231,278 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
62
years old
Peak Year
1962
113 births
Total Registered
1,951
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Penney
Penney is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,951 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Penney as a female name
Ranked #17,544 in 2018
5 female births in 2018
Peak: 1962 (113 births)
Penney: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Penney span from the 1920s to the 2010s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 746 babies were registered. Penney has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Penney by Decade
How has Penney 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.
Penney by State
Birth registrations for Penney span all 14 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, California, Michigan. The lowest are in Massachusetts, Louisiana, Georgia. On average, about 25 Penneys were registered per state.
Penney + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Penney as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Penney
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Penney: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Penney?
We estimate approximately 1,482 people named Penney 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 231,278 Americans share this first name.
Is Penney a common name?
Penney is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,951 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Penney most popular?
Penney reached peak popularity in 1962, when 113 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Penney is approximately 62 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Penney a female name?
Penney is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Penney Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Penney Smith, Penney Johnson, Penney 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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