How Many People Are Named Penn?

1,147

people named Penn are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 297,981 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,230 babies named Penn in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#9,697

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#3,562

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Peak Year

2020

80 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
1.9%
Male
98.1%

Of the babies given the name Penn, 1.9% were girls and 98.1% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Penn alive today is about 13 years old, and 91% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 14 in 2025.

Under 30 1,039
90.6%
30 to 59 58
5.1%
60 and over 50
4.4%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Penn first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2020, to 80 babies. In 2025, 48 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Penn has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,869, in 2014. In 2025 it ranked #2,706.

Boys
Rank in 2025#2,706
Best rank#1,869 (2014)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#2,392 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Penn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Penn were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 84 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Penn was given 11 times as often in Pennsylvania and 2 times in California.

Pennsylvania 84
California 55
Texas 37
North Carolina 12
Illinois 10
New Jersey 5
Utah 5
Virginia 5

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