girl's name

Peggie

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 7,410

Peggie is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2001 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 1948, when 258 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1886.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Peggie over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2001, not a full ten years.

2,115
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Peggie by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 12
1890s 22
1900s 91
1910s 256
1920s 740
1930s 1,648
1940s 2,115
1950s 1,678
1960s 560
1970s 150
1980s 65
1990s 12
2000s (to 2001) 6

How popular is Peggie?

In 2001, Peggie was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Peggie is used

France #2,832 5 in 1986
England & Wales #4,455 5 in 2025
United States #13,862 6 in 2001

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Peggie

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Peggie also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Peggie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Peggie

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Peggie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Peggie

How popular is the name Peggie?

In 2001, Peggie was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Peggie a girl's or a boy's name?

Peggie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Peggie?

Peggie has 2 syllables.

When was Peggie most popular?

Peggie peaked in 1948, when 258 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Peggie a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Peggie currently ranks #4,455 in the United States. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.