female NAME · CURRENTLY #22
Penelope
puh-NEL-uh-pee
“The meaning is uncertain; later associations connect the name with Greek words for “thread” and a type of duck.”
A Greek mythological name associated with the wife of Odysseus in the Odyssey.
SSA POPULARITY HISTORY
How Penelope has traveled through time
51880
51890
51895
61900
81910
311915
541920
661925
441930
691935
4391940
5091945
6461950
4191955
3161960
2661965
3151970
1591975
831980
551985
591990
941995
1312000
5132005
1,5472010
5,9582015
6,1572020
6,2252025
LATEST YEAR20256,225 births
PEAK RANK#21in 2022
CURRENT USAGE100% F0% M
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.