Penn
Penn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 42 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 420.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201479 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1915
- 1,160people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,160 boys have been named Penn in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 79 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 46%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Penn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | |
| 1920s | 21 | |
| 1930s | 11 | |
| 1940s | 25 | |
| 1950s | 38 | |
| 1960s | 19 | |
| 1970s | 16 | |
| 1980s | 33 | |
| 1990s | 24 | |
| 2000s | 119 | |
| 2010s | 539 | |
| 2020s | 302 |
In 2014, its biggest year
Penn was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2014 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2014.
Names that rose and fell with Penn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Flynnpeak 2021
- Liampeak 2024
- Ridleypeak 2021
- Kasynpeak 2020
- Raydenpeak 2022
- Declanpeak 2019
- Enderpeak 2022
- Judahpeak 2021
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.