Peggy Name Popularity

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How popular is Peggy?

In 2018 the rare name Peggy, ranked the 5,554th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Peggy is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #31 was reached in 1937.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1958 with 10,068 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Peggy was less than 5, most recently in 1881.

Peggy, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1885-1906, 1907-1932, 1943-1947, and 1955-1958, whereas 1958-1983, and 1987-2004 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Peggy has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Peggy has steadily decreased in popularity. however, the number of children named Peggy lately has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Peggy?

Peggy's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Peggy is very unique but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Peggy is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Peggy (Girl)		Peggy (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		23	5,554	< 5	--
2017		23	5,611	< 5	--
2016		19	6,600	< 5	--
2015		13	8,807	< 5	--
2014		22	5,939	< 5	--
2013		17	7,289	< 5	--
2012		25	5,513	< 5	--
2011		24	5,677	< 5	--
2010		18	7,142	< 5	--
2009		27	5,339	< 5	--
2008		27	5,397	< 5	--
2007		32	4,636	< 5	--
2006		32	4,547	< 5	--
2005		34	4,176	< 5	--
2004		21	5,914	< 5	--
2003		33	4,088	< 5	--
2002		33	3,953	< 5	--
2001		42	3,298	< 5	--
2000		56	2,662	< 5	--
1999		51	2,725	< 5	--
1998		55	2,520	< 5	--
1997		77	1,912	< 5	--
1996		66	2,100	< 5	--
1995		91	1,635	< 5	--
1994		98	1,571	< 5	--
1993		114	1,424	< 5	--
1992		124	1,348	< 5	--
1991		147	1,188	< 5	--
1990		181	1,007	< 5	--
1989		214	868	< 5	--
1988		227	808	< 5	--
1987		233	770	< 5	--
1986		256	704	< 5	--
1985		250	699	< 5	--
1984		328	563	< 5	--
1983		285	614	< 5	--
1982		367	533	< 5	--
1981		437	483	< 5	--
1980		488	440	< 5	--
1979		518	413	< 5	--
1978		612	352	< 5	--
1977		715	329	5	6,581
1976		759	303	5	6,243
1975		897	268	< 5	--
1974		943	270	< 5	--
1973		1,145	220	< 5	--
1972		1,344	208	< 5	--
1971		1,690	184	9	3,585
1970		1,900	174	12	2,845
1969		2,057	158	9	3,251
1968		2,114	155	6	4,015
1967		2,263	151	13	2,318
1966		2,649	139	8	3,173
1965		3,105	123	11	2,577
1964		3,844	106	7	3,524
1963		4,105	106	12	2,502
1962		4,899	93	17	2,012
1961		5,565	88	15	2,211
1960		6,432	69	13	2,395
1959		7,409	57	17	2,026
1958		10,068	42	14	2,236
1957		7,381	62	23	1,708
1956		7,493	63	20	1,805
1955		7,982	51	14	2,203
1954		8,456	48	13	2,287
1953		8,760	44	17	1,943
1952		8,992	43	22	1,650
1951		9,211	40	15	2,027
1950		8,533	41	14	2,092
1949		9,119	38	15	2,004
1948		9,088	38	18	1,799
1947		8,876	42	23	1,587
1946		7,398	43	18	1,744
1945		5,839	45	10	2,356
1944		6,019	45	12	2,165
1943		6,510	41	24	1,453
1942		6,579	42	22	1,522
1941		6,559	39	29	1,247
1940		6,127	37	14	1,965
1939		6,049	34	28	1,268
1938		6,341	35	33	1,144
1937		6,377	31	28	1,284
1936		6,068	35	34	1,134
1935		5,268	36	28	1,289
1934		6,025	36	16	1,838
1933		5,533	36	28	1,274
1932		5,446	40	16	1,902
1931		5,077	42	21	1,581
1930		4,084	67	14	2,150
1929		3,780	70	16	1,984
1928		3,381	76	9	3,016
1927		2,857	96	10	2,860
1926		2,622	104	8	3,311
1925		2,321	117	6	4,084
1924		2,074	133	7	3,770
1923		1,592	155	< 5	--
1922		1,304	171	< 5	--
1921		1,066	195	< 5	--
1920		875	219	< 5	--
1919		735	235	< 5	--
1918		735	234	< 5	--
1917		580	257	< 5	--
1916		554	258	< 5	--
1915		423	285	< 5	--
1914		373	270	< 5	--
1913		276	283	< 5	--
1912		251	289	< 5	--
1911		192	282	< 5	--
1910		204	272	< 5	--
1909		162	281	< 5	--
1908		150	289	< 5	--
1907		115	323	< 5	--
1906		140	280	< 5	--
1905		106	328	< 5	--
1904		111	307	< 5	--
1903		93	321	< 5	--
1902		82	353	< 5	--
1901		64	373	< 5	--
1900		77	380	< 5	--
1899		51	411	< 5	--
1898		58	408	< 5	--
1897		47	430	< 5	--
1896		45	433	< 5	--
1895		46	419	< 5	--
1894		33	502	< 5	--
1893		34	461	< 5	--
1892		25	561	< 5	--
1891		16	689	< 5	--
1890		23	557	< 5	--
1889		13	750	< 5	--
1888		14	716	< 5	--
1887		17	555	< 5	--
1886		15	598	< 5	--
1885		11	688	< 5	--
1884		9	780	< 5	--
1883		6	901	< 5	--
1882		6	881	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		13	487	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.