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How popular is the name Penda?

Births per year, rank history and how many Pendas are alive today.

Penda (female) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2016 (ranked 5785th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2013, when 5 babies were given the name, the 4050th most popular that year.

The Penda you are most likely to meet is around 12 years old. Half of all Pendas born in England and Wales are between 8 and 18, and there are at least 54 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Penda - on average, only one in every 5,834 such rooms contains a Penda.

How many babies are named Penda each year?

0242013: 52015: 52016: 3actual

Where does Penda rank among girls' names?

1101001,00010,0002013: ranked 4,0502015: ranked 4,1032016: ranked 5,785

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.

Chart: babies named Penda per year in England and Wales, 2013 to 2016, peaking at about 5 in 2013
Penda: births per year in England and Wales, 2013-2016. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Penda most popular?

Penda peaked in 2013, when 5 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Penda?

At least 54 people named Penda born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Penda?

Most living Pendas are between 8 and 18; the most common age is about 12.

Is Penda becoming more or less popular?

It has faded from the rankings.






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