PEGGY is ranked as the 183rd most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 355,969.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 111.64 people named PEGGY for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named PEGGY is 218,228.
The SSA data also shows that PEGGY is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
PEGGY is
79.2% White,
3.5% Hispanic origin,
13.6% Black,
1.6% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name PEGGY have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name PEGGY is included in the following name categories:
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name PEGGY
The state with the most people named
PEGGY is
Texas where
36,881 people have this name.
North Carolina is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named PEGGY, as
222.07 in every 100,000
North Carolinians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
North Carolina is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Rhode Island
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name PEGGY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
9,923
77.04
99.5%
Indiana
8,198
124.28
99.4%
Iowa
4,971
159.98
99.5%
Kansas
3,495
120.35
98.8%
Michigan
11,066
111.67
99.7%
Minnesota
6,617
121.25
99.5%
Missouri
5,717
190.94
99.5%
Nebraska
2,346
124.66
98.5%
North Dakota
708
95.69
95.4%
Ohio
11,341
97.82
99.5%
South Dakota
1,194
139.92
97.2%
Wisconsin
7,690
133.56
99.5%
West States
State stats for the first name PEGGY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
526
71.34
94.4%
Arizona
5,677
84.34
99.1%
California
32,674
84.21
99.8%
Colorado
5,153
96.21
99.2%
Hawaii
753
53.01
98.1%
Idaho
1,749
107
98.2%
Montana
1,522
148.68
98.0%
Nevada
2,192
77.21
98.6%
New Mexico
2,059
98.71
98.1%
Oregon
4,150
104.53
99.0%
Utah
2,335
79.36
98.4%
Washington
8,599
121.77
99.7%
Wyoming
895
153.25
97.2%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name PEGGY
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have PEGGY as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named PEGGY.
The most popular full name is PEGGY Smith.
1.00% of all the people named PEGGY
have this family name.
There are 25334 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name PEGGY