Is Penni a boy or girl name?

Penni is a girl’s name. Of the 2,606 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Penni

Recorded 1938–2023 · United States

Penni was most popular in 1962, when 148 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,474 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,606 people named Penni.

Penni over time

Births per year. The dot marks Penni’s peak in 1962. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Penni a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Penni is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,606 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Penni

Where Penni is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org