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Penny

Pronounced P EH1 N IY0 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1963
  • 143 years in use
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How popular is Penny?

Penny is a girls' name, and first appears in 1882. It has been given to 108,380 children — the 341st most common girls' name on record.

It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 1963, when 5,463 children were given it.

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1963Girls: 5,463Boys: 14

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
P EH1 N IY0
Stress pattern:
10
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Penny

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Penny

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Penny?
Penny ranks 341st among girls' names in US records, with 108,380 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,983.
Is Penny a unisex name?
No. Penny is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Penny most popular?
1963, when 5,463 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.