Perry
#2,214 for girls in 2025, 83 births · #1,370 for boys in 2025, 135 births
Given to boys 95.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 134 births
- Debut · boys
- 134 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 76,044since 1880
Perry 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 | #2,214 | 83 | #1,370 | 135 |
| 2024 | #1,913 | 104 | #1,238 | 161 |
| 2023 | #1,681 | 123 | #1,369 | 136 |
| 2022 | #1,942 | 102 | #1,366 | 137 |
| 2021 | #1,851 | 108 | #1,300 | 145 |
| 2020 | #2,078 | 88 | #1,259 | 146 |
| 2019 | #1,941 | 101 | #1,347 | 133 |
| 2018 | #2,275 | 80 | #1,335 | 135 |
| 2017 | #2,018 | 97 | #1,245 | 147 |
| 2016 | #2,188 | 88 | #1,421 | 122 |
| 2015 | #2,169 | 87 | #1,279 | 140 |
| 2014 | #2,560 | 69 | #1,213 | 151 |
| 2013 | #2,726 | 63 | #1,255 | 139 |
| 2012 | #2,805 | 62 | #1,226 | 144 |
| 2011 | #3,781 | 40 | #1,183 | 149 |
| 2010 | #4,494 | 32 | #1,309 | 131 |
| 2009 | #4,931 | 29 | #1,132 | 163 |
| 2008 | #5,142 | 28 | #1,105 | 166 |
| 2007 | #4,675 | 31 | #1,025 | 184 |
| 2006 | #4,685 | 30 | #954 | 195 |
| 2005 | #4,118 | 34 | #914 | 193 |
| 2004 | #4,287 | 32 | #798 | 226 |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 | #800 | 217 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | #749 | 231 |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 | #719 | 245 |
| 2000 | #4,079 | 30 | #677 | 263 |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 | #659 | 262 |
| 1998 | #4,142 | 27 | #617 | 296 |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 | #579 | 319 |
| 1996 | #2,714 | 45 | #575 | 316 |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 | #549 | 342 |
| 1994 | #2,935 | 40 | #530 | 370 |
| 1993 | #3,422 | 32 | #504 | 409 |
| 1992 | #3,866 | 27 | #516 | 386 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | #475 | 429 |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 | #455 | 473 |
| 1989 | #3,330 | 31 | #437 | 463 |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 | #424 | 456 |
| 1987 | #3,169 | 29 | #392 | 483 |
| 1986 | #3,459 | 25 | #387 | 474 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | #354 | 521 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | #402 | 421 |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 | #380 | 445 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | #394 | 426 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | #370 | 472 |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 | #387 | 443 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | #376 | 455 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #377 | 417 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | #401 | 380 |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 | #356 | 458 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #350 | 488 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | #331 | 528 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #336 | 506 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #329 | 542 |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 | #285 | 732 |
| 1970 | #3,030 | 22 | #263 | 845 |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | #243 | 895 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #239 | 891 |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | #220 | 1,014 |
| 1966 | #2,519 | 23 | #207 | 1,121 |
| 1965 | #2,411 | 25 | #186 | 1,364 |
| 1964 | #2,825 | 20 | #178 | 1,549 |
| 1963 | #2,252 | 28 | #171 | 1,712 |
| 1962 | #2,357 | 26 | #164 | 1,931 |
| 1961 | #2,543 | 23 | #154 | 2,229 |
| 1960 | #1,725 | 43 | #146 | 2,415 |
| 1959 | #1,881 | 35 | #132 | 2,751 |
| 1958 | #1,703 | 40 | #132 | 2,734 |
| 1957 | #1,904 | 33 | #145 | 2,369 |
| 1956 | #1,897 | 32 | #163 | 1,867 |
| 1955 | #2,341 | 22 | #183 | 1,451 |
| 1954 | #2,519 | 19 | #199 | 1,254 |
| 1953 | #2,173 | 23 | #199 | 1,227 |
| 1952 | #2,266 | 21 | #196 | 1,153 |
| 1951 | #1,921 | 26 | #192 | 1,176 |
| 1950 | #1,576 | 35 | #193 | 1,096 |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 | #195 | 1,058 |
| 1948 | #1,648 | 32 | #200 | 981 |
| 1947 | #2,146 | 21 | #194 | 1,053 |
| 1946 | #1,678 | 28 | #201 | 856 |
| 1945 | #1,660 | 25 | #208 | 683 |
| 1944 | #1,578 | 27 | #228 | 605 |
| 1943 | #1,442 | 33 | #212 | 690 |
| 1942 | #1,349 | 36 | #212 | 706 |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 | #221 | 593 |
| 1940 | #1,477 | 27 | #224 | 553 |
| 1939 | #1,401 | 28 | #211 | 584 |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 | #213 | 579 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 | #219 | 544 |
| 1936 | #1,691 | 20 | #225 | 504 |
| 1935 | #1,550 | 23 | #227 | 517 |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 | #220 | 545 |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 | #236 | 486 |
| 1932 | #1,957 | 17 | #227 | 528 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 | #225 | 543 |
| 1930 | #2,023 | 17 | #221 | 581 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | #222 | 576 |
| 1928 | #1,469 | 29 | #212 | 633 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 | #227 | 584 |
| 1926 | #1,667 | 25 | #235 | 565 |
| 1925 | #1,576 | 28 | #231 | 568 |
| 1924 | #1,612 | 28 | #224 | 602 |
| 1923 | #1,895 | 21 | #221 | 588 |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 | #214 | 615 |
| 1921 | #1,927 | 21 | #235 | 565 |
| 1920 | #1,666 | 25 | #233 | 542 |
| 1919 | #1,989 | 18 | #229 | 528 |
| 1918 | #1,600 | 25 | #226 | 553 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 | #215 | 527 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | #240 | 439 |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 | #217 | 478 |
| 1914 | #1,740 | 15 | #230 | 338 |
| 1913 | #1,528 | 15 | #222 | 280 |
| 1912 | #1,252 | 18 | #241 | 216 |
| 1911 | — | #198 | 152 | |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 | #205 | 125 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #198 | 109 |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | #171 | 133 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | #220 | 86 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #186 | 97 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | #180 | 104 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | #191 | 93 |
| 1903 | — | #185 | 88 | |
| 1902 | — | #162 | 108 | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | #170 | 87 |
| 1900 | — | #148 | 142 | |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 | #148 | 104 |
| 1898 | — | #186 | 83 | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | #151 | 103 |
| 1896 | — | #148 | 111 | |
| 1895 | — | #160 | 97 | |
| 1894 | — | #190 | 78 | |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | #160 | 91 |
| 1892 | — | #146 | 110 | |
| 1891 | — | #132 | 104 | |
| 1890 | — | #133 | 108 | |
| 1889 | — | #137 | 105 | |
| 1888 | — | #126 | 124 | |
| 1887 | — | #118 | 112 | |
| 1886 | — | #110 | 141 | |
| 1885 | — | #119 | 115 | |
| 1884 | — | #111 | 135 | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | #102 | 133 |
| 1882 | — | #111 | 133 | |
| 1881 | — | #102 | 123 | |
| 1880 | — | #100 | 134 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Perry was already there! It came in at #100, and was given to 134 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1899, when fewer than 120 boys a year got the name.
See more about Perry
- 132 spots since 2024 (#1,238 → #1,370)
- 111 spots since 2020 (#1,259 → #1,370)
- 91 spots since 2015 (#1,279 → #1,370)
- Biggest jump: 49 spots in 1908 (#220 → #171)
- Biggest drop: 116 spots in 2005 (#798 → #914)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #100 (134 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 1880
- Top 1,000: 127 yrs · run 1880–2006
- Highest: 1 in 776 boys born in 1959 were named Perry (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,652 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #100 in 1880, was only 1 in 825 (0.12%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.5% of all boys named Perry (17,078) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,255 | #100 (1880) | #114 |
| 1890s | 989 | #132 (1891) | #155 |
| 1900s | 1,047 | #148 (1900) | #181 |
| 1910s | 3,636 | #198 (1911) | #222 |
| 1920s | 5,838 | #212 (1928) | #225 |
| 1930s | 5,411 | #211 (1939) | #222 |
| 1940s | 7,778 | #194 (1947) | #210 |
| 1950s | 17,078 | #132 (1959) | #173 |
| 1960s | 15,121 | #146 (1960) | #191 |
| 1970s | 5,351 | #263 (1970) | #340 |
| 1980s | 4,604 | #354 (1985) | #393 |
| 1990s | 3,602 | #455 (1990) | #546 |
| 2000s | 2,083 | #677 (2000) | #887 |
| 2010s | 1,391 | #1,183 (2011) | #1,281 |
| 2020s | 860 | #1,238 (2024) | #1,317 |
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.
Perry in 2001
Top girls' names in 2001
Top boys' names in 2001
More about 2001
girls
1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 72,025 of them was named Perry, which outranked 73.9% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,564Yennifer26
- #4,564Zana26
- #4,564Zarina26
- #4,688Perry25
- #4,688Abegail25
- #4,688Abilene25
- #4,688Abriel25
- #4,834Adrienna24
- #4,834Aila24
- #4,834Alaisha24
Tied with 145 names at #4,688; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,942,881 boys got a published name in 2001; 1 in 7,930 of them was named Perry, which outranked 94.2% of the 12,307 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.