Penny
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning weaver; from penelope.
How Penny has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #759 |
| 2016 | #692 |
| 2017 | #769 |
| 2018 | #751 |
| 2019 | #769 |
| 2020 | #727 |
| 2021 | #706 |
| 2022 | #732 |
| 2023 | #676 |
| 2024 | #747 |
| 2025 | #740 |
Penny by the numbers
In 2025, 201 babies in England and Wales were named Penny. In the US, 354 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 5,127 babies in 1963, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1965, about 1 in 470 American girls born that year was called Penny.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Penny. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Peonypeony flower; named after physician Paeon16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Penneyenclosed meadow; a form of Penny8 in the US (2017)
- Pennivariant of Penny; from Penelope or penny coin5 in the US (2017)
- Peggypearl; a form of Margaret73 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pessyform of pessie, diminutive of pearl40 in the US (2017)
- Peninapearl21 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Penny
Names that are said the same way as Penny, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Pennieweaver; a diminutive of penelope9 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Penny, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Ameliawork, industriousness2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
- Penelopeweaver; wife of Odysseus1,174 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
- Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Penny
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