Peggy
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Peggy
Just when we had written off Peggy as the eternal perky, pug-nosed prom-queen she projected from the 1920s into the fifties, along came Mad Men, with intriguing mid-century characters with names like Joan and Betty--and Peggy, causing a bit of a re-think. MM's proto-feminist Peggy Olson was followed by Amy Adams's strong Oscar-nominated Peggy Dodd character in The Master.
Peggy has been used independently since the eighteenth century, later combined with other names such as Peggy Sue, made famous by the Buddy Holly song and the film Peggy Sue Got Married.
Some notable namesakes who have gone by Peggy include jazz singer Peggy Lee (born Norma), art patron Guggenheim (born Marguerite), skater Fleming, and author/speechwriter Noonan (born Margaret).
It's not likely that Peggy will ever regain the 31st position it held in 1937, but we can see it coming into somewhat wider use.
Peggy is also given to boys.
Pronounced PEG-ee.
As of October 2026, Peggy ranked #8740 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #31 in 1937, Nameberry popularity #853.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #4,135 | 35 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Peggy for girls
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Peggy on lists
Famous Peggys
- Peggy Lee (born Norma Deloris Egstrom)Girl
American singer
- Edith Margaret Emily "Peggy" AshcroftGirl
English actress
- Marguerite "Peggy" GuggenheimGirl
American art collector and socialite
- Margaret "Peggy" SeegerGirl
American folk singer
- Peggy Ann GarnerGirl
American actress
- Peggy OrensteinGirl
American author
- Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler Van RensselaerGirl
daughter of General Philip Schuyler and sister,in,law of Alexander Hamilton
- Margaret Ann "Peggy" LiptonGirl
American actress
- Peggy Gail FlemingGirl
American Olympic figure skater
- Margaret Ellen "Peggy" NoonanGirl
American journalist and speechwriter
- Margaret Amy "Peggy" SaundersGirl
English tennis player
- Margaret Ann "Peggy" KnudsenGirl
American actress
- Peggy Cummins (born Augusta Margaret Diane Fuller)Girl
Welsh,Irish actress
- Peggy ScottGirl
Adams, American R&B singer
- Margaret "Peggy" O'Neill EatonGirl
wife of U.S Senator John Eaton, focus of 1830 "Petticoat Affair"
- Peggy McIntaggartGirl
Canadian model
- Peggy Shannon (born Winona Sammon)Girl
American actress
- Mary Margaret "Peggy" WoodGirl
American actress
- Margaret Rose "Peggy" MountGirl
English actress
- Margaret O'Rene "Peggy" RyanGirl
American dancer and actress
- Margaret "Peggy" ShippenGirl
wife of American traitor Benedict Arnold
- Peggy Steffans SarnoGirl
American actress
- Margaret Anne "Peggy" LennonGirl
American singer of the Lennon Sisters
- PeggyGirl
Jean Montgomery aka Baby Peggy, American silent film actress
- Peggy FischerGirl
American child chef
- Peggy WhitsonGirl
American astronaut
Peggy in pop culture
- Peggy Sue BodellGirl
main character in 1986 movie "Peggy Sue Got Married"
- Peggy OlsenGirl
character on TV's "Mad Men"
- Peggy FowlerGirl
character on TV's "Mysterious Ways"
- Margaret "Peggy" DupreeGirl
character from movie "Camp Rock"
- Peggy HillGirl
wife of Hank Hill on TV's "King of the Hill"
- Margaret "Peggy" Wanker BundyGirl
character on TV's "Married... with Children"
- Agent Margaret "Peggy" CarterGirl
character in Captain America comics
- Margaret Ann "Peggy" MitchellGirl
character on British soap "EastEnders"
- "Peggy SueGirl
" song by Buddy Holly
- "Young Peggy"Girl
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"