Penelope
Penelope ranks #22 in the United States in 2025, holding steady. It has been on the books since 1880 and never mattered more than it does today; 109,480 bearers and counting.
What Penelope carries
Penelope · Greek
“weaver”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
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Five printables for Penelope, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Penelope since 1880
Penelope peaked in 2019 at #22; #22 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Penelope is most common
Penelope is most common in Alaska: 1.45% of the state's recorded girls' names in 2025. Vermont (1.33%) and Wyoming (0.99%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Penelope
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Catalina
#111 in 2025 · Greek
Anastasia
#163 in 2025 · Greek
Chloe
#23 in 2025 · Greek
Leo
#19 in 2025 · Greek
Sebastian
#16 in 2025 · Greek
Zoe
#31 in 2025 · Greek
Elena
#42 in 2025 · Greek
Miles
#44 in 2025 · Greek
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About Penelope
How popular is the name Penelope?
Penelope ranks #22 in the United States in 2025, holding steady. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What does Penelope mean?
The reference we cite records “weaver”, of Greek origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Penelope?
Catalina, Anastasia and Chloe sit nearest to Penelope on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
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