# Penelope name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/f/penelope
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Penelope ranked #22 officially for girls in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #24.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #22
- Birth count: 6,225
- Rate per 10,000: 38.73

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Penelope
- Rank: #24
- Birth count: 6,245
- Rate per 10,000: 38.85
- Official count multiplier: 1.00x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.05
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.19
- Expected per school of 300: 0.57
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 17.0%

## Trend
- Label: stable
- Peak rate year: 2019
- Best rank year: 2019
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 96.2%

## Spelling components
- Penelope: 6,225 births
- Pennelope: 13 births
- Penellope: 7 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology