Girls' name · peaked in 1937
Peggy name popularity since 1925
280,740 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Peggy. Half of them were born in 1949 or earlier, so the typical Peggy is about 77 years old in 2026. Peggy peaked in 1937 as the #31 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 280,740
- Named Peggy, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #8,740 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 279,949 girls · 791 boys
- Most popular in
- West Virginia
- 2.27× its national share
Peak year is the year Peggy made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Peggy births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1958. Measured as a share of all babies, Peggy peaked in 1937.
- Fastest rise: Between 1926 and 1931, Peggy became 2.2× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1958 and 1963, its share of baby girls fell by 57%, from 1 in 200 to 1 in 470.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Peggy's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Peggy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Peggy in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 14,961 | 49 | – |
| 1930s | 56,275 | 246 | #36 |
| 1940s | 72,122 | 185 | #45 |
| 1950s | 84,293 | 169 | #51 |
| 1960s | 37,036 | 111 | #124 |
| 1970s | 10,516 | 31 | #268 |
| 1980s | 3,083 | 0 | #700 |
| 1990s | 1,003 | 0 | #1,648 |
| 2000s | 338 | 0 | #4,177 |
| 2010s | 220 | 0 | #8,828 |
| 2020–25 | 102 | 0 | #8,740 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
51.3% of babies named Peggy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Peggy is most popular
The index compares Peggy's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Peggy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 2.27× | 5,608 |
| Tennessee | 2.17× | 12,836 |
| Arkansas | 2.11× | 6,104 |
| North Carolina | 2.08× | 16,587 |
| Alabama | 2.00× | 9,968 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Peggy and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Peggy (this page) | 279,949 | 1937 |
| Peggie | 6,707 | 1939 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Peggy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Peggy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Peggy (1937).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data