Penina

girls:

959 births since 1953

#4757 (17th percentile)

overall:

959 births since 1953

#6780 (12th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Penina is the #6,780 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 959 recorded births since 1953. This represents the 12.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,757 (16.8% percentile) for all time with 959 births since 1953.

Penina first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1953 (first recorded for girls in 1953). Birth data for Penina is available in 56 out of the 71 years between 1953 and 2023. 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.

For girls, Penina reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 3.6% percentile (ranked #924) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 22 births per million (ranked 3.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Penina ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 42.1% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Penina".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
959
Peak Births
39
Peak Year
2022
First Recorded
1953
Peak Percentile
3.6%
Current Percentile
1.2%
Peak Rank
#924
Current Rank
#936
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Penina

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Penina. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 73.0% confident that Penina is pronounced as peh-NEE-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is puh-NEE-nuh, at 18.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.

peh-NEE-nuh (3 syllables)
73.0% confidence
P EH0 N IY1 N AH0
puh-NEE-nuh (3 syllables)
18.9% confidence
P AH0 N IY1 N AH0
PEH-nee-nuh (3 syllables)
8.1% confidence
P EH1 N IY0 N AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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