Name meaning & stats
Peggy
Peggy means “pearl”. 209,209 US babies since 1940, peak 1958.
What it means
“pearl”
Well documented
A short form of Margaret.
In US birth records
Peak year: 1958
209,209 US babies were named Peggy between 1940 and 2025. Peggy is often a nickname, so many people called Peggy are registered under a longer name.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Peggy (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Peggy is the main spelling
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1958)