Given name & surname
Peggy
Peggy is used as a given name and a surname. Peggy is connected with Maggie and Margaret.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
In English use, Peggy is used as a variant of Maggie. Peggy is used as a form of Margaret.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Peggy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 293,563
- 798 boys · 292,765 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 10,085 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,740 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,740 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 31.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10,071 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 183,679 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.
Peggy’s family of names
In French usage, Peggy is a diminutive of Margaret. Peggy has a related form in Maggie. Peggy is an affectionate form of Margaret.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Peggy has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Margaretfull form · English, French
- Maggievariant
- Peggyelikely variant
- Pegvariant · English
- Pegeenvariant
- Peggievariant
- Peggivariant
- Pegggylikely variant
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Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Peggy
- Peggy AshcroftBritish actress (1907-1991)
- Peggy WhitsonAmerican astronautborn 1960
- Peggy LiptonAmerican actress and singer (1946-2019)
- Peggy GuggenheimAmerican art collector, art dealer, museum founder and socialite (1898–1979)
- Peggy FlemingAmerican figure skaterborn 1948
- Peggy WoodAmerican actress of stage, film and television (1892-1978)
- Peggy Ann GarnerAmerican actress (1932-1984)
- Peggy MarchAmerican singerborn 1948
- Peggy McCayAmerican actress (1927-2018)
Characters named Peggy: Peggy Carter (Marvel Comics), Peggy Carter (the Marvel Cinematic Universe), Peggy Bundy (the television series Married... with Children).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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