Penn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PEN
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,676 for boys
Penn is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “enclosure; hill”. In 2025 it ranked 2,676th for boys in the US (48 babies).
What does Penn mean?
English: English surname, from Old English penn or Brittonic pen
“enclosure; hill”
William Penn, the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania, is the best-known bearer.
Is Penn a girl's or a boy's name?
Penn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 48 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Penn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,676among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 48about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 48 boys in the US were named Penn, making it the 2,676th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,962nd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 79 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Penn in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Penn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #2,676 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,957 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,112 |
| 2022 | 54 | #2,516 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,192 |
| 2020 | 73 | #1,962 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,128 |
| 2018 | 49 | #2,578 |
| 2017 | 61 | #2,185 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,145 |
| 2015 | 56 | #2,327 |
| 2014 | 79 | #1,857 |
| 2013 | 53 | #2,363 |
| 2012 | 46 | #2,631 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,234 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
Names like Penn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Easton Saint Banks Hayes Paxton Colson Ace Jett Rhodes Prince Stetson
More English names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Penn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/penn, updated 20 October 2026.