Penney
Penney is a common surname of British origin.
Meaning & Origin of Penney
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Penney is a common surname of British origin.
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The Story of Penney
The earliest SSA record of Penney as a baby girl name dates back to 1925, when 5 babies received it. 1962 was its biggest year on record, with 113 newborns named Penney — #1,008 in the national rankings. About 38% of every Penney on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Penney last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Penney
Penney is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1925 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Penney's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #1,008. Use the chart and map above to compare Penney's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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