Name meaning & stats
Penny
Penny means “duck” (Ancient Greek origin). 99,123 US babies since 1940, peak 1963.
What it means
“duck”
Ancient GreekPet form of Penelope
In US birth records
Peak year: 1963
99,123 US babies were named Penny between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Penny (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 91% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1963)