Peggy

Peggy: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “pearl”
Origin: English
Say it: PEG-ee · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

A traditional English diminutive of Margaret. The path from Margaret to Meg to Peg to Peggy reflects a common medieval rhyming nickname pattern.

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How popular is Peggy?

20243.9 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Peggy in 202413

Peak year1937

Total US babies since 1880293,549

Peggy is steady now but far below its 1937 peak.

Names like Peggy

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Margaretpearl · Greek
Maisiepearl · Scottish
Maggiepearl · English
Meganpearl · Welsh
Margopearl · Greek
Marjoriepearl · Greek
Maisypearl · Scottish Gaelic
Gretapearl · Germanic

Peggy questions

What does the name Peggy mean?

Peggy means "pearl". It comes from English. A traditional English diminutive of Margaret. The path from Margaret to Meg to Peg to Peggy reflects a common medieval rhyming nickname pattern.

Is Peggy a boy or girl name?

Peggy is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Peggy?

13 US babies were named Peggy in 2024. Its peak year was 1937.

How do you pronounce Peggy?

Peggy is usually pronounced PEG-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.