Girl
Peggy
The name Peggy carries the meaning "Pearl", with roots in Greek. It had its heyday in the 1950s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is a well-known pick in the registry. Since 1900, roughly 292,902 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.
GreekDiminutive of Margaret
GreekPearl
Births by decade
1900s
1,100
1910s
4,323
1920s
21,928
1930s
56,512
1940s
72,299
1950s
84,453
1960s
37,145
1970s
10,554
1980s
3,086
1990s
1,004
2000s
337
2010s
161
Peaked in the 1950s · 292,902 total U.S. births since 1900