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.
Where Perry is popular in 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#621 · 1 in 4,074
- Alabama#738 · 1 in 4,524
- Michigan#969 · 1 in 7,649
- Ohio#988 · 1 in 8,187
- Illinois#1,067 · 1 in 8,524
Best ever in a state: #60 in North Dakota, 1959.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #621 | 10 | 1 in 4,074 |
| Alabama | #738 | 5 | 1 in 4,524 |
| Michigan | #969 | 6 | 1 in 7,649 |
| Ohio | #988 | 7 | 1 in 8,187 |
| Illinois | #1,067 | 7 | 1 in 8,524 |
| Georgia | #1,263 | 5 | 1 in 10,438 |
| Texas | #1,453 | 11 | 1 in 15,898 |
| California | #1,641 | 10 | 1 in 20,651 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 2018
Top girls' names in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
girls
1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 21,263 of them was named Perry, which outranked 87.5% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,254True81
- #2,254Yocheved81
- #2,254Zylah81
- #2,275Perry80
- #2,275Adalia80
- #2,275Asiyah80
- #2,275Audrie80
- #2,302Adrian79
- #2,302Adriel79
- #2,302Alyana79
Tied with 26 names at #2,275; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 13,453 of them was named Perry, which outranked 90.5% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,328Phineas136
- #1,328Reynaldo136
- #1,328Yasir136
- #1,335Perry135
- #1,335Gonzalo135
- #1,335Jaylon135
- #1,335Kenan135
- #1,343Benaiah134
- #1,343Kyro134
- #1,343Oskar134
Tied with 7 names at #1,335; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.