Penny

Girl name

Penny ranks #16 out of 54,454 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 12 places, 2,205 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #54 for cats.

Penny's popularity trend

Penny's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs. Peak year by share: 2025.

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Year	Share
2025	0.56%
2024	0.53%
2023	0.51%
2022	0.51%
2021	0.48%
2020	0.47%
2019	0.46%
2018	0.43%
2017	0.4%
2016	0.38%
2015	0.37%
2014	0.35%
2013	0.32%
2012	0.3%
2011	0.3%
2010	0.29%
2009	0.28%
2008	0.28%
2007	0.3%

Licensed dogs in our data

2,205

across 12 places

Popularity rank

#16

of 54,454 names in our data

5-year rank move

2020 → 2025

Gender split

100% girls

100% girls0% boys

Where Penny shows up

Penny's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


TorontoCanada	1.1%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.6%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.5%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.5%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.4%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.4%
PlayfordAustralia	0.3%
BurnsideAustralia	0.3%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	0.2%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.1%
Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.1%

Names like Penny

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