Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Peggie isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Peggie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,355
- 0 boys · 7,355 girls
- Most popular year
- 1948
- 258 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 258 in 1948. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,084 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Peggie’s family of names
In English usage, Peggie is a diminutive of Margaret. Peggie has a related form in Peggy.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Peggie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Peggie, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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