Why is Peggy not more popular?

[Manumission]

I was just reading about Peggy Ashcroft and it made me think.

It's the perfect meeting of the "old lady name" trend (Iris, Sylvia, Elsie, Maude etc) and what I think of as "smiley" names (Poppy, Molly, Ellie, Chloe etc)

So why am I not meeting any tiny Peggys?

My nearly 10 year old is called Peggy. Its not short for anything either.

Peggy is indeed awful and only one letter from Piggy

I assume Peggy is short for Peg?

I love the names old lady names Peggy, Edith, Mabel, Marnie

I know a teenage Peigi (Scots Gaelic). I prefer Peigi to Peggy, though I don't think it would work outside Scotland.

I love it. Was on our list

I like Peggy I like Margaret, Meg and Maggie. Not keen on Megan or Margot, they seem a bit faddy.

The former PM was Hilda until she was an adult.

It’s the combination of the bilabial plosive sound with a velar plosive. It has a hard, quite guttural effect IMO.

Margaret is nice, as is Margareta.

But Peggy sounds like Piggy and has no resemblance to Margaret at all.

I like Greta too. I'd like Daisy but it's a bit twee..

I like Peggy. I don't know why it doesn't share recent popularity with names like Molly, which have that same kind of traditional girl-next-door energy. I knew one Peggy growing up who must be in her early 30s by now, and one who is about six. I also know a couple of Maggies which I also really like.

Peggies are teeth, so I would just think of that when looking and my baby 😂

I do like the name though, it is lovely. But folk here have posted some good points. I know a Peggy and she’s nice.

Sounds like pigs, eggs, and clothes pegs.
It's really not very nice.

It was a pet name for vulva/ vagina when I was growing up so was always a no no (Peggy and Willy!). I guess came it came from the Irish Gee.

Our cat was called Pegatha (Peggy for short) I’ve no idea why she was called this, but I do love the name!

Its not popular because its a pretty dire name.