Pennelope
Girl · pe-NEL-o-pee · Greek
Pennelope is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Pennelope mean?
Greek: spelling of Penelope
In Homer's Odyssey, Penelope is the faithful wife of Odysseus, who keeps her suitors at bay while he is away.
- Say it
- pe-NEL-o-pee
Meaning borrowed from Penelope. More on Wiktionary.
Is Pennelope a girl's or a boy's name?
Pennelope is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pennelope in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Pennelope, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1942.
Half of all the girls named Pennelope in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,245 girls in the US were given Pennelope or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #34, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Pennelope in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 12 | #3,200 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
Nicknames for Pennelope
- Penny 245 girls in the UK in 2025
- Pen
Names like Pennelope
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Calliope Persephone Evangeline Phoebe Palmer Esme Marlowe Coraline Hermione Vivienne Jovie Cataleya
Other spellings of Pennelope
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