Peggy Forename
1,708th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 585,045 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Zambia
Peggy Forename Definition:
A Old English name, meaning: Names generally considered diminutives of Margaret, the pearl name, but there is grave doubt as to their origin.
Peggy Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 426,644 | 1:850 | 178 |
| Zambia | - | 25,574 | 1:620 | 130 |
| England | 100% | 20,081 | 1:2,769 | 397 |
| Canada | 100% | 19,252 | 1:1,721 | 365 |
| Germany | 100% | 16,266 | 1:5,944 | 547 |
| France | 100% | 14,489 | 1:4,588 | 424 |
| South Africa | 99% | 9,077 | 1:6,008 | 1,129 |
| Belgium | 100% | 8,040 | 1:1,429 | 333 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 6,755 | 1:2,502 | 482 |
| Ghana | 100% | 4,551 | 1:5,930 | 704 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3,043 | 1:1,526 | 260 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 2,915 | 1:5,291 | 806 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,076 | 1:124,260 | 13,390 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,961 | 1:15,401 | 1,438 |
| Australia | - | 1,657 | 1:8,242 | 856 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,523 | 1:116,589 | 6,214 |
| China | - | 1,029 | 1:1,327,557 | 37,593 |
| Peru | 100% | 946 | 1:33,606 | 2,097 |
| Botswana | 100% | 923 | 1:2,367 | 417 |
| Hong Kong | - | 839 | 1:9,240 | 922 |
| Suriname | 100% | 839 | 1:659 | 96 |
| New Zealand | - | 801 | 1:5,663 | 755 |
| Wales | 100% | 787 | 1:3,932 | 530 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 755 | 1:40,331 | 3,482 |
| Gabon | 100% | 722 | 1:2,608 | 622 |
| Ecuador | - | 687 | 1:25,803 | 1,326 |
| Kenya | 100% | 553 | 1:83,738 | 4,743 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 549 | 1:39,363 | 2,779 |
| Scotland | 100% | 539 | 1:9,926 | 692 |
| Sweden | 100% | 511 | 1:19,291 | 1,368 |
| DR Congo | 67% | 500 | 1:147,655 | 7,058 |
| Malawi | 100% | 487 | 1:35,138 | 2,639 |
| Norway | 100% | 477 | 1:10,760 | 906 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 476 | 1:21,914 | 1,995 |
| Singapore | 95% | 438 | 1:14,354 | 3,110 |
| Congo | 82% | 380 | 1:13,182 | 1,556 |
| Papua New Guinea | 95% | 371 | 1:21,974 | 2,188 |
| Bahamas | - | 347 | 1:1,151 | 288 |
| Jamaica | - | 343 | 1:8,406 | 1,037 |
| Poland | 94% | 330 | 1:115,234 | 2,410 |
| Morocco | - | 328 | 1:104,721 | 3,418 |
| Greece | 100% | 307 | 1:35,617 | 1,426 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 302 | 1:27,197 | 1,640 |
| Swaziland | - | 282 | 1:4,611 | 838 |
| Philippines | 80% | 269 | 1:394,087 | 14,186 |
| Chile | 100% | 265 | 1:66,442 | 2,055 |
| Mexico | 100% | 224 | 1:554,216 | 5,947 |
| Colombia | 100% | 217 | 1:220,179 | 4,961 |
| Haiti | 100% | 207 | 1:51,821 | 3,418 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 201 | 1:6,773 | 1,108 |
| Thailand | 100% | 192 | 1:364,926 | 19,180 |
| Barbados | - | 191 | 1:1,517 | 353 |
| Namibia | - | 169 | 1:14,226 | 1,496 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 168 | 1:28,381 | 1,640 |
| Brazil | 100% | 164 | 1:1,306,318 | 31,545 |
| Egypt | - | 152 | 1:604,611 | 14,932 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 140 | 1:4,029 | 481 |
| Ivory Coast | 81% | 132 | 1:174,818 | 9,065 |
| Finland | 96% | 122 | 1:44,944 | 1,636 |
| Liberia | 98% | 121 | 1:36,463 | 2,118 |
| Honduras | 100% | 115 | 1:76,674 | 2,823 |
| Spain | 100% | 108 | 1:430,833 | 5,897 |
| Guyana | 100% | 106 | 1:7,201 | 1,186 |
| Panama | 100% | 105 | 1:37,205 | 2,834 |
| Uganda | 100% | 102 | 1:401,538 | 10,251 |
| India | 100% | 97 | 1:12,524,515 | 348,324 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 96 | 1:247,601 | 19,921 |
| Seychelles | - | 84 | 1:1,103 | 263 |
| Israel | 95% | 81 | 1:103,740 | 4,433 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 74 | 1:3,651 | 572 |
| Benin | 100% | 69 | 1:153,273 | 8,041 |
| Austria | 100% | 66 | 1:129,003 | 2,387 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Portugal | - | 65 | 1:160,167 | 3,695 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 62 | 1:259,813 | 3,354 |
| Japan | - | 59 | 1:2,169,255 | 20,269 |
| Jersey | - | 59 | 1:1,695 | 338 |
| Denmark | - | 51 | 1:110,774 | 3,086 |
| Guam | - | 45 | 1:3,570 | 683 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 44 | 1:164,473 | 3,013 |
| French Polynesia | - | 43 | 1:6,463 | 978 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 43 | 1:82,565 | 1,737 |
| Bermuda | - | 39 | 1:1,662 | 386 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 37 | 1:2,966 | 557 |
| Italy | 98% | 36 | 1:1,696,169 | 12,510 |
| Qatar | 67% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 34 | 1:1,803 | 413 |
| Macau | - | 31 | 1:19,620 | 363 |
| Lebanon | - | 27 | 1:208,429 | 4,380 |
| Burkina Faso | 90% | 26 | 1:706,903 | 21,562 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 26 | 1:22,344 | 1,767 |
| Aruba | - | 25 | 1:4,151 | 831 |
| Sudan | - | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Belize | 100% | 22 | 1:16,105 | 2,014 |
| El Salvador | - | 21 | 1:301,990 | 3,494 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 18 | 1:5,522 | 1,017 |
| Argentina | 100% | 17 | 1:2,516,073 | 8,541 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 17 | 1:3,105,195 | 23,654 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 16 | 1:11,113 | 1,461 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 15 | 1:476,800 | 16,943 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 15 | 1:228,509 | 3,962 |
| Hungary | 100% | 13 | 1:753,213 | 2,518 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 13 | 1:8,583 | 1,271 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 11 | 1:3,155 | 669 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 10 | 1:184,315 | 1,771 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 10 | 1:5,486 | 913 |
| Burundi | - | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| Grenada | 100% | 8 | 1:13,516 | 1,533 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 8 | 1:752,292 | 11,019 |
| South Korea | - | 8 | 1:693,053 | 14,847 |
| Czechia | 97% | 7 | 1:1,522,309 | 4,223 |
| Georgia | - | 7 | 1:534,067 | 9,579 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 7 | 1:833 | 183 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 6 | 1:5,437,253 | 29,511 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Monaco | 100% | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Russia | 100% | 6 | 1:24,038,951 | 65,699 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Croatia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,054,269 | 9,352 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
The alternate forms: Péggy (1) are calculated separately.
Peggy (498) may also be a surname.
Peggy Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Old English name, meaning: Names generally considered diminutives of Margaret, the pearl name, but there is grave doubt as to their origin.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Peggy Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 91,864 (2014)
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