Peggy · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Peggy.

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Its story

Popularity since 1924

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 50 recorded years as a table

Peggy, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1924	6
1925	5
1926	7
1927	9
1928	8
1929	15
1930	13
1931	20
1932	15
1933	28
1934	15
1935	27
1936	33
1937	26
1938	30
1939	25
1940	12
1941	24
1942	16
1943	17
1944	9
1945	7
1946	11
1947	13
1948	10
1949	8
1950	8
1951	8
1952	11
1953	9
1954	6
1955	7
1956	9
1957	11
1958	7
1959	8
1960	6
1961	7
1962	8
1963	6
1964	4
1965	6
1966	4
1967	7
1968	3
1969	5
1970	6
1971	5
1976	3
1977	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Peggy isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Peggy

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1977: 5
Rank in 1977: #5,845
How rare: 1 in 328,644 boys
Since 1924: 798

Peggy was last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1936, at 33 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Peggy doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.