girls:
144 births since 1946
#5572 (2nd percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1995
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
149 births since 1946
#7590 (2nd percentile)
The name Peni is the #7,590 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 149 recorded births since 1946. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,572 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 144 births since 1946. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1995.
Peni first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1946 (1946 for girls and 1995 for boys). Birth data for Peni is available in 20 out of the 50 years between 1946 and 1995 (19 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Peni has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.6% of all recorded births being female. In 1995, 0.0% of babies named Peni were girls. Interestingly, until around 1986, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1946 to 1985), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1986 to 1995).
For girls, Peni reached its peak popularity in 1958, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #757) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1958, with 6 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1972.
For boys, Peni reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #800) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1995.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Peni".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Peni is pronounced as PEH-nee, which has 2 syllables.
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