Peggy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PEG-ee
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #553 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Peggy is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 553rd for girls in the UK (77 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Peggy mean?
Greek: pet form of Margaret
“pearl”
A rhyming pet form of Margaret, from Meg or Maggie, much as Polly comes from Molly.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Peggy a girl's or a boy's name?
Peggy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 77 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Peggy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 77about 1 in 3,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 77 girls in the UK were named Peggy, making it the 553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 448th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 129 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Peggy than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Peggy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 82 girls in the UK were given Peggy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #518, up from #553 for this spelling alone.
- Peggy 77
- Peggie 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 542nd in England and Wales and 334th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1924 (#36) and 1934 (#75).
Peggy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #553 |
| 2024 | 113 | #422 |
| 2023 | 85 | #511 |
| 2022 | 105 | #447 |
| 2021 | 129 | #392 |
| 2020 | 103 | #448 |
| 2019 | 111 | #421 |
| 2018 | 88 | #532 |
| 2017 | 78 | #601 |
| 2016 | 62 | #727 |
| 2015 | 74 | #624 |
| 2014 | 61 | #705 |
| 2013 | 52 | #794 |
| 2012 | 40 | #978 |
| 2011 | 36 | #1,039 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,380 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,449 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,215 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Peggy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Peggy, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1958, with 10,071 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Peggy than any year since 1885.
Half of all the girls named Peggy in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
Peggy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,114 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 42 | #3,252 |
| 2000 | 56 | #2,628 |
| 1999 | 51 | #2,700 |
| 1998 | 55 | #2,495 |
| 1997 | 77 | #1,896 |
| 1996 | 66 | #2,082 |
| 1995 | 90 | #1,636 |
| 1994 | 98 | #1,561 |
| 1993 | 114 | #1,417 |
| 1992 | 125 | #1,337 |
| 1991 | 146 | #1,185 |
| 1990 | 181 | #999 |
| 1989 | 213 | #864 |
| 1988 | 227 | #807 |
| 1987 | 233 | #769 |
| 1986 | 256 | #704 |
| 1985 | 250 | #698 |
| 1984 | 328 | #563 |
| 1983 | 285 | #613 |
| 1982 | 367 | #532 |
| 1981 | 437 | #483 |
| 1980 | 487 | #440 |
| 1979 | 519 | #413 |
| 1978 | 613 | #351 |
| 1977 | 715 | #328 |
| 1976 | 759 | #303 |
| 1975 | 895 | #268 |
| 1974 | 942 | #270 |
| 1973 | 1,139 | #220 |
| 1972 | 1,344 | #208 |
| 1971 | 1,690 | #184 |
| 1970 | 1,900 | #174 |
| 1969 | 2,059 | #158 |
| 1968 | 2,113 | #155 |
| 1967 | 2,267 | #151 |
| 1966 | 2,647 | #139 |
| 1965 | 3,102 | #123 |
| 1964 | 3,849 | #106 |
| 1963 | 4,104 | #105 |
| 1962 | 4,900 | #93 |
| 1961 | 5,567 | #88 |
| 1960 | 6,428 | #69 |
| 1959 | 7,416 | #57 |
| 1958 | 10,071 | #42 |
| 1957 | 7,383 | #62 |
| 1956 | 7,494 | #63 |
| 1955 | 7,983 | #51 |
| 1954 | 8,454 | #48 |
| 1953 | 8,762 | #44 |
| 1952 | 8,990 | #43 |
| 1951 | 9,208 | #40 |
| 1950 | 8,532 | #41 |
| 1949 | 9,118 | #38 |
| 1948 | 9,089 | #38 |
| 1947 | 8,877 | #42 |
| 1946 | 7,400 | #43 |
| 1945 | 5,839 | #45 |
| 1944 | 6,019 | #45 |
| 1943 | 6,511 | #41 |
| 1942 | 6,580 | #42 |
| 1941 | 6,561 | #39 |
| 1940 | 6,128 | #37 |
| 1939 | 6,050 | #34 |
| 1938 | 6,343 | #35 |
| 1937 | 6,378 | #31 |
| 1936 | 6,068 | #35 |
| 1935 | 5,270 | #36 |
| 1934 | 6,027 | #36 |
| 1933 | 5,534 | #36 |
| 1932 | 5,445 | #40 |
| 1931 | 5,076 | #42 |
| 1930 | 4,084 | #67 |
| 1929 | 3,780 | #70 |
| 1928 | 3,382 | #76 |
| 1927 | 2,857 | #96 |
| 1926 | 2,621 | #104 |
| 1925 | 2,321 | #117 |
| 1924 | 2,074 | #133 |
| 1923 | 1,592 | #155 |
| 1922 | 1,304 | #171 |
| 1921 | 1,066 | #195 |
| 1920 | 875 | #219 |
| 1919 | 735 | #234 |
| 1918 | 735 | #234 |
| 1917 | 580 | #256 |
| 1916 | 554 | #258 |
| 1915 | 423 | #285 |
| 1914 | 373 | #270 |
| 1913 | 276 | #283 |
| 1912 | 251 | #289 |
| 1911 | 192 | #281 |
| 1910 | 204 | #272 |
| 1909 | 162 | #280 |
| 1908 | 150 | #288 |
| 1907 | 115 | #323 |
| 1906 | 140 | #280 |
| 1905 | 106 | #326 |
| 1904 | 111 | #306 |
| 1903 | 93 | #321 |
| 1902 | 82 | #351 |
| 1901 | 64 | #372 |
| 1900 | 77 | #380 |
| 1899 | 51 | #408 |
| 1898 | 58 | #405 |
| 1897 | 47 | #425 |
| 1896 | 45 | #428 |
| 1895 | 46 | #417 |
| 1894 | 33 | #494 |
| 1893 | 34 | #455 |
| 1892 | 25 | #554 |
| 1891 | 16 | #669 |
| 1890 | 23 | #548 |
| 1889 | 13 | #724 |
| 1888 | 14 | #690 |
| 1887 | 17 | #537 |
| 1886 | 15 | #572 |
| 1885 | 11 | #658 |
| 1884 | 9 | #731 |
| 1883 | 6 | #817 |
| 1882 | 6 | #813 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 13 | #466 |
Names like Peggy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nancy Penny Polly Dorothy Betty Betsy Dolly Iris Ruby Bonnie Florence Dottie
Other spellings of Peggy
Peggie
More Greek names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Peggy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/peggy, updated 20 October 2026.