How Many People Are Named Peg?
people named Peg are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 635,287 people in the US has this name
Based on 841 babies named Peg in Social Security records from 1913 to 1968, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
43 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of PEGGY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Peg in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Peg alive today is about 72 years old, and 97% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 66 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Peg first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1957, to 43 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1968.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 1968
🏆 Rank History
Peg has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,578, in 1946.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,578 (1946) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,916 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Peg alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Peg were born in Ohio than in any other state: about 58 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Peg was given about 10.4 times as often in Ohio.
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