How Many People Are Named Penni?
An estimated 2,053 people in the United States have the first name Penni. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 60 years old, and Penni peaked in popularity in 1962 with 148 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Penni 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 Penni paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,053
About 1 in 166,953 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
60
years old
Peak Year
1962
148 births
Total Registered
2,605
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Penni
Penni is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 2,605 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Penni as a female name
Ranked #13,121 in 2023
7 female births in 2023
Peak: 1962 (148 births)
Penni: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Penni span from the 1930s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 1,181 babies were registered. Penni has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Penni by Decade
How has Penni 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.
Penni by State
Birth registrations for Penni span all 23 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Ohio. The lowest are in Virginia, Tennessee, Oklahoma. On average, about 38 Pennis were registered per state.
Penni + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Penni as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Penni
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Penni: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Penni?
We estimate approximately 2,053 people named Penni 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 166,953 Americans share this first name.
Is Penni a common name?
Penni is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 93.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,605 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Penni most popular?
Penni reached peak popularity in 1962, when 148 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Penni is approximately 60 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Penni a female name?
Penni is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Penni Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Penni Smith, Penni Johnson, Penni 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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