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Name Used In Homer's Odyssey, As Odysseus's Wife Penelope.
Common nickname: Penny.
Penelope Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
0.06%
Male
99.94%
Female
Penelope is predominantly a girls name, with 99.94% of Penelopes being girls, and 0.06% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 50 males named Penelope, and 77930 females given the name
Popularity of Penelope by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Penelope in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Penelope: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Penelope' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the girls name Penelope in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 66358 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 66358 unique total names have been given to girls living in the United States so far. Penelope's average ranking is 2472.68, with it's highest ever rank being #. Penelope has reach the top 10 most popular girls name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 10 times.
Penelope has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 77980 girls given the name in the past 200 years. Penelope gained the most popularity as a baby name in 2013, when it's usage went up by 169.77%. During this year, 4282 babies were named Penelope, which was 0.1185% of the baby girls born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.176%, in this year alone more than 6000 girls were named Penelope.
Popular 'P' Names - Girls
Girls names starting with 'P'
Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with P. These girls names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'P' names, their over all rank among all girl names, the total number of baby girls expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of girls given this name.
| Name | 'P-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penelope | 1. | 85. | 6367 | 0.176% |
| Paisley | 2. | 129. | 4839 | 0.134% |
| Piper | 3. | 167. | 3926 | 0.109% |
| Peyton | 4. | 194. | 3482 | 0.096% |
| Paige | 5. | 344. | 2041 | 0.056% |
| Payton | 6. | 396. | 1793 | 0.05% |
| Presley | 7. | 437. | 1595 | 0.044% |
| Parker | 8. | 464. | 1470 | 0.041% |
| Paris | 9. | 577. | 1152 | 0.032% |
| Paislee | 10. | 586. | 1130 | 0.031% |
| Phoebe | 11. | 652. | 1021 | 0.028% |
| Phoenix | 12. | 870. | 719 | 0.02% |
| Priscilla | 13. | 930. | 666 | 0.018% |
| Pearl | 14. | 1099. | 546 | 0.015% |
| Penny | 15. | 1326. | 416 | 0.011% |
| Perla | 16. | 1341. | 407 | 0.011% |
| Patricia | 17. | 1411. | 380 | 0.011% |
| Poppy | 18. | 1416. | 379 | 0.01% |
| Princess | 19. | 1444. | 369 | 0.01% |
| Paulina | 20. | 1447. | 367 | 0.01% |
