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Origin & history of Penn1
ModernAmerican / Multicultural roots
Penn comes from the ModernAmerican / Multicultural tradition, meaning Enclosure.
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How popular is Penn?
2014
peak year
Penn first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1915. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2014, 79 babies received the name (ranked #1869). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #2329), with roughly 62 babies named Penn each year. Penn's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 1,182 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
79
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #1,869)
(ranked #1,869)
62
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
620
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
1,182
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Penn4
Life path number
The Builder
Discipline, reliability and masterful building.
🏗️Builder
📋Organised
💪Hardworking
🎯Detail-oriented
P7
E5
N5
N5
Sum: 22 → Life path 4
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Personality of Penn🏛️
Steady & reliable
When they make a promise, they keep it.
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Methodical
Thorough, careful, precise.
💪
Quietly powerful
Their strength is always there when it matters.
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Grounded
No matter what swirls around them, they stay centred.
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