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How popular is the name Peggy?
Births per year, rank history and how many Peggies are alive today.
Peggy (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 542nd in 2025 with 73 given the name. The name peaked in 1924, when around 1,500 babies were given the name, the 36th most popular that year. It has declined since 1924; the 2025 figure is roughly 5% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 31,000 babies have been named Peggy in England and Wales since the 1910s. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Common short forms of Peggy include Maja, Meg and Mai. Peggy is also a common short form of Margaret, so many people called Peggy are registered under the longer name.
The Peggy you are most likely to meet is around 79 years old - or else around 6: the name has two living generations. Half of all Peggies born in England and Wales are between 54 and 84, and there are at least 13,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 4% chance that at least one of them will be called Peggy.
How many babies are named Peggy each year?
Where does Peggy rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Peggy most popular?
Peggy peaked in 1924, when around 1,500 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Peggy?
At least 13,000 people named Peggy born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Peggy?
Most living Peggies are between 54 and 84; the most common age is about 79. There is a second cluster around 6.
Is Peggy becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1924 peak.