The name Peggy is a diminutive form of Margaret.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Peggy has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Peggy
Use of the Name Peggy for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
291,141
91,166
3,255
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Peggy has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Peggy last appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1990, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Peggy
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
487
13
1881
1882
881
6
1883
901
6
1884
780
9
1885
688
11
1886
598
15
1887
555
17
1888
716
14
1889
751
13
1890
557
23
1891
689
16
1892
561
25
1893
461
34
1894
502
33
1895
419
46
1896
433
45
1897
430
47
1898
408
58
1899
411
51
1900
380
78
1901
373
64
1902
353
82
1903
321
93
1904
307
111
1905
328
106
1906
280
141
1907
323
115
1908
289
150
1909
280
162
1910
272
204
1911
281
192
1912
289
252
1913
285
274
1914
269
373
1915
285
425
1916
258
554
1917
256
581
1918
234
736
1919
234
735
1920
218
875
1921
195
1,064
1922
172
1,302
1923
155
1,596
1924
133
2,078
1925
117
2,321
1926
104
2,610
1927
94
2,868
1928
76
3,379
1929
70
3,772
1930
67
4,072
1931
42
5,064
1932
39
5,456
1933
36
5,529
1934
36
6,024
1935
36
5,262
1936
35
6,058
1937
31
6,376
1938
35
6,341
1939
34
6,047
1940
37
6,132
1941
39
6,550
1942
42
6,588
1943
41
6,495
1944
45
6,016
1945
45
5,840
1946
43
7,389
1947
42
8,853
1948
38
9,085
1949
38
9,118
1950
41
8,510
1951
40
9,198
1952
43
8,993
1953
44
8,762
1954
48
8,442
1955
51
7,980
1956
63
7,489
1957
62
7,374
1958
42
10,076
1959
57
7,402
1960
69
6,436
1961
88
5,568
1962
93
4,897
1963
105
4,106
1964
106
3,849
1965
123
3,109
1966
139
2,652
1967
151
2,263
1968
155
2,112
1969
158
2,062
1970
174
1,901
1971
182
1,696
1972
207
1,346
1973
220
1,148
1974
270
942
1975
267
898
1976
302
761
1977
329
715
1978
351
611
1979
413
518
1980
441
484
1981
484
433
1982
531
367
1983
615
284
1984
565
327
1985
699
250
1986
705
255
1987
770
233
1988
807
228
1989
873
212
1990
998
182
Totals:
291,141
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Peggy as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Peggy appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 110 times during the last 125 years.