Peggy was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #31 in 1937 but is far less common today.
Peggy is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #8,740 for girl births in the United States (and #14,902 across all names), given to 12 babies. Peggy first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1958 (10,071 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | #8,740 | — |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | #8,317 | — |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | #5,349 | — |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | #7,553 | — |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | #6,616 | — |
| 2020 | 20 | 20 | #6,024 | — |
| 2019 | 35 | 35 | #4,138 | — |
| 2018 | 23 | 23 | #5,583 | — |
| 2017 | 23 | 23 | #5,630 | — |
| 2016 | 19 | 19 | #6,614 | — |
| 2015 | 13 | 13 | #8,828 | — |
| 2014 | 22 | 22 | #5,944 | — |
| 2013 | 17 | 17 | #7,300 | — |
| 2012 | 25 | 25 | #5,523 | — |
| 2011 | 25 | 25 | #5,502 | — |
| 2010 | 18 | 18 | #7,147 | — |
| 2009 | 27 | 27 | #5,342 | — |
| 2008 | 27 | 27 | #5,399 | — |
| 2007 | 32 | 32 | #4,640 | — |
| 2006 | 33 | 33 | #4,440 | — |
| 2005 | 34 | 34 | #4,177 | — |
| 2004 | 21 | 21 | #5,916 | — |
| 2003 | 33 | 33 | #4,092 | — |
| 2002 | 33 | 33 | #3,954 | — |
| 2001 | 42 | 42 | #3,299 | — |
| 2000 | 56 | 56 | #2,663 | — |
| 1999 | 51 | 51 | #2,726 | — |
| 1998 | 55 | 55 | #2,523 | — |
| 1997 | 77 | — | #1,912 | — |
| 1996 | 66 | — | #2,100 | — |
| 1995 | 90 | — | #1,648 | — |
| 1994 | 98 | — | #1,571 | — |
| 1993 | 114 | — | #1,424 | — |
| 1992 | 125 | — | #1,343 | — |
| 1991 | 146 | — | #1,193 | — |
| 1990 | 181 | — | #1,007 | — |
| 1989 | 213 | — | #870 | — |
| 1988 | 227 | — | #808 | — |
| 1987 | 233 | — | #770 | — |
| 1986 | 256 | — | #704 | — |
| 1985 | 250 | — | #700 | — |
| 1984 | 328 | — | #563 | — |
| 1983 | 285 | — | #614 | — |
| 1982 | 367 | — | #534 | — |
| 1981 | 437 | — | #483 | — |
| 1980 | 487 | — | #440 | — |
| 1979 | 519 | — | #413 | — |
| 1978 | 613 | — | #351 | — |
| 1977 | 720 | — | #329 | #6,588 |
| 1976 | 764 | — | #303 | #6,249 |
| 1975 | 895 | — | #268 | — |
| 1974 | 942 | — | #271 | — |
| 1973 | 1,139 | — | #220 | — |
| 1972 | 1,344 | — | #208 | — |
| 1971 | 1,699 | — | #185 | #3,587 |
| 1970 | 1,912 | — | #174 | #2,844 |
| 1969 | 2,068 | — | #158 | #3,252 |
| 1968 | 2,119 | — | #155 | #4,016 |
| 1967 | 2,280 | — | #151 | #2,322 |
| 1966 | 2,655 | — | #139 | #3,176 |
| 1965 | 3,113 | — | #124 | #2,581 |
| 1964 | 3,856 | — | #106 | #3,523 |
| 1963 | 4,116 | — | #106 | #2,503 |
| 1962 | 4,917 | — | #93 | #2,014 |
| 1961 | 5,582 | — | #88 | #2,215 |
| 1960 | 6,441 | — | #69 | #2,399 |
| 1959 | 7,433 | — | #57 | #2,024 |
| 1958 | 10,085 | — | #42 | #2,236 |
| 1957 | 7,406 | — | #62 | #1,708 |
| 1956 | 7,514 | — | #63 | #1,802 |
| 1955 | 7,997 | — | #51 | #2,202 |
| 1954 | 8,467 | — | #48 | #2,287 |
| 1953 | 8,779 | — | #44 | #1,944 |
| 1952 | 9,012 | — | #43 | #1,651 |
| 1951 | 9,223 | — | #40 | #2,027 |
| 1950 | 8,546 | — | #41 | #2,090 |
| 1949 | 9,133 | — | #38 | #2,006 |
| 1948 | 9,107 | — | #38 | #1,801 |
| 1947 | 8,900 | — | #42 | #1,586 |
| 1946 | 7,418 | — | #43 | #1,743 |
| 1945 | 5,849 | — | #45 | #2,357 |
| 1944 | 6,031 | — | #45 | #2,166 |
| 1943 | 6,535 | — | #41 | #1,455 |
| 1942 | 6,602 | — | #42 | #1,522 |
| 1941 | 6,590 | — | #39 | #1,247 |
| 1940 | 6,142 | — | #37 | #1,965 |
| 1939 | 6,078 | — | #34 | #1,267 |
| 1938 | 6,376 | — | #35 | #1,144 |
| 1937 | 6,406 | — | #31 | #1,284 |
| 1936 | 6,102 | — | #35 | #1,135 |
| 1935 | 5,298 | — | #36 | #1,289 |
| 1934 | 6,043 | — | #36 | #1,838 |
| 1933 | 5,562 | — | #36 | #1,273 |
| 1932 | 5,461 | — | #40 | #1,902 |
| 1931 | 5,097 | — | #42 | #1,581 |
| 1930 | 4,098 | — | #67 | #2,150 |
| 1929 | 3,796 | — | #70 | #1,984 |
| 1928 | 3,391 | — | #76 | #3,016 |
| 1927 | 2,867 | — | #96 | #2,860 |
| 1926 | 2,629 | — | #104 | #3,311 |
| 1925 | 2,327 | — | #117 | #4,086 |
| 1924 | 2,081 | — | #133 | #3,770 |
| 1923 | 1,592 | — | #155 | — |
| 1922 | 1,304 | — | #171 | — |
| 1921 | 1,066 | — | #195 | — |
| 1920 | 875 | — | #219 | — |
| 1919 | 735 | — | #235 | — |
| 1918 | 735 | — | #234 | — |
| 1917 | 580 | — | #257 | — |
| 1916 | 554 | — | #258 | — |
| 1915 | 423 | — | #285 | — |
| 1914 | 373 | — | #270 | — |
| 1913 | 276 | — | #283 | — |
| 1912 | 251 | — | #289 | — |
| 1911 | 192 | — | #282 | — |
| 1910 | 204 | — | #272 | — |
| 1909 | 162 | — | #281 | — |
| 1908 | 150 | — | #289 | — |
| 1907 | 115 | — | #323 | — |
| 1906 | 140 | — | #280 | — |
| 1905 | 106 | — | #328 | — |
| 1904 | 111 | — | #307 | — |
| 1903 | 93 | — | #321 | — |
| 1902 | 82 | — | #353 | — |
| 1901 | 64 | — | #373 | — |
| 1900 | 77 | — | #380 | — |
| 1899 | 51 | — | #411 | — |
| 1898 | 58 | — | #408 | — |
| 1897 | 47 | — | #430 | — |
| 1896 | 45 | — | #433 | — |
| 1895 | 46 | — | #419 | — |
| 1894 | 33 | — | #502 | — |
| 1893 | 34 | — | #461 | — |
| 1892 | 25 | — | #561 | — |
| 1891 | 16 | — | #689 | — |
| 1890 | 23 | — | #557 | — |
| 1889 | 13 | — | #750 | — |
| 1888 | 14 | — | #716 | — |
| 1887 | 17 | — | #555 | — |
| 1886 | 15 | — | #598 | — |
| 1885 | 11 | — | #688 | — |
| 1884 | 9 | — | #780 | — |
| 1883 | 6 | — | #901 | — |
| 1882 | 6 | — | #881 | — |
| 1880 | 13 | — | #487 | — |