Peggy
Girls' name · Mid-century
- Living in the US
- ~180,500 survival-weighted estimate
- 2025 rank
- #8,362 among girls
- Births in 2025
- 12 293,563 since 1880
- Typical age
- 72 years, median
Peggy popularity over time
The high point was 1958: 10,085 births recorded as Peggy. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. Across the record, 36 years put Peggy in the top 100.
In 2025 it ranked #8,362 with 12 births. Year on year the rank dropped by 395.
How many people are named Peggy?
Roughly 180,500 Peggys are alive in the US right now. That is out of 293,563 recorded births since 1880.
This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.
How old is the average Peggy?
Half of living Peggys are older than 72, half younger. The 1950s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Peggy a mid-century name.
Your Peggy
Peggy in England and Wales
ONS recorded 73 births named Peggy in 2025, ranking it #542. That is 28% lower than five years earlier.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.
Where the name Peggy comes from
Alteration of Maggie, from Margaret.
Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.
Notable people named Peggy
| Name | Known for | Years | Editions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Peggy Ashcroft | British actress | 1907–1991 | 52 |
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Peggy Whitson | American astronaut | 1960 | 44 |
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Peggy Lipton | American actress and singer | 1946–2019 | 39 |
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Peggy Guggenheim | American art collector, art dealer, museum founder and socialite | 1898–1979 | 36 |
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Peggy Fleming | American figure skater | 1948 | 30 |
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Peggy Wood | American actress of stage, film and television | 1892–1978 | 29 |
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Peggy Ann Garner | American actress | 1932–1984 | 28 |
| Peggy March | American singer | 1948 | 23 | |
Photo credits (7)
- Peggy Ashcroft — Jack de Nijs for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, via Wikimedia Commons
- Peggy Whitson — NASA, Joel Kowsky, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Peggy Lipton — ABC Television--the then-current ABC logo and Photo Division can be seen, though they are faint., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Peggy Guggenheim, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Peggy Fleming — US Mission Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Peggy Wood — Sarony, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Peggy Ann Garner — Trailer screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.
Related pages
- All names from 1958
- Top names of 2025
- Names beginning with P
- Every year, 1880 to 2025
- Names by state
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