Pennington

An unconventional route to the nickname Penny. Pennington debuted on the charts for girls in 2015.

Pennington is more familiar as a surname. It is habitational, denoting ancestors from English towns named Pennington (most often Pennington, Cumbria). Penington is an alternate spelling of the surname, but has never been recorded as a given name.

Pennington is also given to boys.

Pronounced PEN-ing-tun.

As of October 2026, Pennington ranked #11795 for boys in US births in 2013 and #14691 for girls in US births in 2020 SSA, peaked at #14150 for girls in 2015.