Percy
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · #1,276 for boys in 2025, 154 births
Given to boys 98.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1897 · 183 births
- Debut · boys
- 94 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 32,204since 1880
Percy over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 | #1,276 | 154 |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 | #1,256 | 157 |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | #1,558 | 112 |
| 2022 | — | #1,574 | 112 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #1,799 | 87 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #2,046 | 69 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #2,766 | 45 |
| 2018 | — | #2,189 | 63 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,958 | 73 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #2,626 | 47 |
| 2015 | — | #2,276 | 58 | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #2,017 | 70 |
| 2013 | — | #2,165 | 61 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,185 | 60 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,950 | 39 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,874 | 41 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,045 | 38 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,103 | 37 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,281 | 57 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,398 | 51 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,493 | 45 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,989 | 60 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,269 | 47 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,249 | 46 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,871 | 59 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,968 | 52 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,778 | 56 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,680 | 61 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,628 | 62 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,599 | 61 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,477 | 65 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,345 | 75 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,358 | 71 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,130 | 95 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,183 | 88 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,049 | 102 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,045 | 98 | |
| 1988 | — | #924 | 107 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,123 | 73 | |
| 1986 | — | #958 | 91 | |
| 1985 | — | #927 | 96 | |
| 1984 | — | #883 | 98 | |
| 1983 | — | #856 | 105 | |
| 1982 | — | #831 | 114 | |
| 1981 | — | #767 | 130 | |
| 1980 | — | #786 | 124 | |
| 1979 | — | #794 | 119 | |
| 1978 | — | #693 | 146 | |
| 1977 | — | #728 | 137 | |
| 1976 | — | #711 | 138 | |
| 1975 | — | #692 | 143 | |
| 1974 | — | #668 | 147 | |
| 1973 | — | #611 | 169 | |
| 1972 | — | #601 | 177 | |
| 1971 | — | #611 | 187 | |
| 1970 | — | #613 | 175 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #554 | 202 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #565 | 181 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #560 | 178 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #549 | 195 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #551 | 193 |
| 1964 | — | #549 | 207 | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #521 | 235 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #503 | 250 |
| 1961 | — | #507 | 246 | |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #482 | 270 |
| 1959 | — | #482 | 264 | |
| 1958 | — | #475 | 280 | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #418 | 348 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #423 | 319 |
| 1955 | — | #417 | 309 | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #370 | 363 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | #357 | 376 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #331 | 443 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #332 | 424 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | #333 | 411 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #337 | 397 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #331 | 411 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #337 | 412 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #352 | 343 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #321 | 343 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #320 | 350 |
| 1943 | — | #314 | 393 | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #314 | 381 |
| 1941 | — | #316 | 339 | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #311 | 328 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | #291 | 360 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #293 | 349 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | #287 | 356 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #284 | 360 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #277 | 385 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | #276 | 377 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #265 | 399 |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 | #262 | 430 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #270 | 415 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | #274 | 429 |
| 1929 | #1,953 | 18 | #250 | 497 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | #255 | 483 |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 | #248 | 519 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 | #252 | 493 |
| 1925 | #1,946 | 20 | #241 | 544 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #242 | 560 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #242 | 540 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | #222 | 599 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | #220 | 603 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 | #216 | 601 |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 | #209 | 595 |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 | #218 | 567 |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | #217 | 515 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 | #211 | 524 |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 | #214 | 488 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #189 | 449 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #189 | 356 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #174 | 337 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #172 | 184 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | #160 | 195 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #157 | 159 |
| 1908 | — | #158 | 151 | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #144 | 160 |
| 1906 | — | #145 | 141 | |
| 1905 | — | #128 | 169 | |
| 1904 | — | #153 | 125 | |
| 1903 | — | #151 | 124 | |
| 1902 | — | #114 | 167 | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | #138 | 120 |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | #114 | 201 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #117 | 142 |
| 1898 | — | #119 | 155 | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | #98 | 183 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | #116 | 157 |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | #109 | 164 |
| 1894 | — | #104 | 173 | |
| 1893 | — | #100 | 177 | |
| 1892 | — | #116 | 149 | |
| 1891 | — | #111 | 131 | |
| 1890 | — | #113 | 140 | |
| 1889 | — | #110 | 144 | |
| 1888 | — | #111 | 151 | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | #110 | 123 |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | #119 | 122 |
| 1885 | — | #137 | 98 | |
| 1884 | — | #114 | 126 | |
| 1883 | — | #148 | 87 | |
| 1882 | — | #116 | 126 | |
| 1881 | — | #124 | 95 | |
| 1880 | — | #144 | 94 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Percy was already there! It came in at #144, and was given to 94 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2008–2011, when fewer than 42 boys a year got the name.
See more about Percy
- 20 spots since 2024 (#1,256 → #1,276)
- 770 spots since 2020 (#2,046 → #1,276)
- 1,000 spots since 2015 (#2,276 → #1,276)
- Biggest jump: 199 spots in 1988 (#1,123 → #924)
- Biggest drop: 165 spots in 1987 (#958 → #1,123)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1897 at #98 (183 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 89 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · 1893–1897
- Top 1,000: 108 yrs · run 1880–1986
- Highest: 1 in 616 boys born in 1897 were named Percy (0.16%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,091 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 16.9% of all boys named Percy (5,439) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,166 | #110 (1889) | #123 |
| 1890s | 1,571 | #98 (1897) | #110 |
| 1900s | 1,517 | #114 (1900) | #140 |
| 1910s | 4,210 | #160 (1910) | #195 |
| 1920s | 5,439 | #216 (1920) | #239 |
| 1930s | 3,860 | #262 (1932) | #278 |
| 1940s | 3,697 | #311 (1940) | #325 |
| 1950s | 3,537 | #331 (1952) | #394 |
| 1960s | 2,157 | #482 (1960) | #534 |
| 1970s | 1,538 | #601 (1972) | #672 |
| 1980s | 1,036 | #767 (1981) | #910 |
| 1990s | 736 | #1,049 (1990) | #1,423 |
| 2000s | 492 | #1,871 (2001) | #2,367 |
| 2010s | 557 | #1,958 (2017) | #2,401 |
| 2020s | 691 | #1,256 (2024) | #1,585 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Percy in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 142,941 of them was named Percy, which outranked 36.2% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,963Wylma9
- #2,963Yuvonne9
- #2,963Zelpha9
- #3,208Percy8
- #3,208Adelene8
- #3,208Adelyn8
- #3,208Adrianna8
- #3,503Adean7
- #3,503Agapita7
- #3,503Aleatha7
Tied with 294 names at #3,208; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 3,534 of them was named Percy, which outranked 92.1% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.