Peg

Girl · recorded 1913–1968

  • 1968last recorded
  • 1957best year

Most popular in 1957.

Last recorded in 1968. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Peg.

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Its story

Popularity since 1913

0112119131927194119541968

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 46 recorded years as a table
Peg, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191310
19147
19166
19175
19234
19245
19266
19275
19285
19298
19336
193410
193514
193614
193717
193815
193920
194020
194118
194214
194311
194414
194515
194620
194715
194818
194918
195012
19519
195218
195313
195412
195515
195616
195721
195820
195918
196015
196110
196214
19637
19649
19656
19664
19674
19683

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Peg 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

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1968
5
Rank in 1968
#7,016
How rare
1 in 328,077 girls
Since 1913
841

Peg was last recorded in 1968. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1957, at 21 per million girls born.

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

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