Perley
Last seen for girls in 1945 at #4,556 · Last seen for boys in 1964 at #2,854
Given to boys 97.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 24 births
- Debut · boys
- 18 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,020since 1880
Perley over time
Rank among boys' names. Perley has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
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| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
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| 1957 | — | #2,822 | 9 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,216 | 7 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,435 | 11 | |
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| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,662 | 9 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,111 | 13 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,326 | 11 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,534 | 9 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | — | #2,656 | 8 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,311 | 26 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #1,818 | 15 |
| 1937 | — | #1,627 | 18 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,301 | 10 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,029 | 13 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #1,405 | 23 |
| 1932 | — | #1,548 | 21 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,253 | 30 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,428 | 26 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,480 | 24 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,647 | 21 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,034 | 16 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,661 | 21 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,534 | 24 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #1,577 | 24 |
| 1923 | — | #1,816 | 19 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,591 | 23 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,648 | 22 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,457 | 26 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,408 | 26 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,827 | 18 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,437 | 24 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,505 | 22 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,181 | 30 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,260 | 22 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,311 | 16 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,527 | 11 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,117 | 10 | |
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| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #712 | 14 | |
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| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | #683 | 10 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | #615 | 11 | |
| 1892 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | #603 | 11 |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #516 | 12 | |
| 1886 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1885 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #611 | 10 | |
| 1881 | — | #332 | 24 | |
| 1880 | — | #403 | 18 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Perley was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1906–1907, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Perley
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1964
- Biggest jump: 479 spots in 1901 (#1,162 → #683)
- Biggest drop: 728 spots in 1909 (#712 → #1,440)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #332 (24 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1880–1893
- Highest: 1 in 4,197 boys born in 1881 were named Perley (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 221,411 boys born in 1964 (0.00%)
- 21.6% of all boys named Perley (220) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 118 | #332 (1881) | #601 |
| 1890s | 88 | #422 (1892) | #811 |
| 1900s | 58 | #683 (1901) | #1,044 |
| 1910s | 179 | #1,117 (1911) | #1,397 |
| 1920s | 220 | #1,457 (1920) | #1,645 |
| 1930s | 175 | #1,253 (1931) | #1,826 |
| 1940s | 106 | #1,311 (1940) | #2,460 |
| 1950s | 62 | #2,111 (1950) | #2,851 |
| 1960s | 14 | #2,854 (1964) | #3,451 |
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.
Perley in 1890
Top girls' names in 1890
Top boys' names in 1890
More about 1890
girls
190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 38,075 of them was named Perley, which outranked 12.8% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 196 names at #1,338; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
111,024 boys got a published name in 1890; 1 in 10,093 of them was named Perley, which outranked 48.1% of the 1,161 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).