Percival is a rare spelling. It is summarised with Percy, which shares its sound and spelling pattern.
Meaning not yet researched.
Percival: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 113 in 2025. Its best rank was #744 in 1886.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #744 in 1886; #1,536 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Percival in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,536 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1886, at #744.
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Percival: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 113 boys in 2025. Peak: #744 in 1886 · most boys in one year: 113 (2025).
In 2025, 113 US boys were named Percival, making it the 1,536th most common boys’ name of the year, up 236 places from #1,772 in 2024. That is 20 more than the 93 boys named Percival in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #744, reached in 1886. The most boys given the name in a single year was 113, in 2025. For comparison, it was #5,676 in 2015 and #3,249 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Percival in 125 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 7 babies. In all, 1,466 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 412 babies named Percival.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 500 US boys were named Percival; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 113. In 2025 that was about 1 in 15,116 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Percival ranked highest in Wisconsin in 2025, at #512 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Percy (32,840 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to Percy.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 44 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 10 | #512 | — |
| Minnesota | 7 | #698 | — |
| Tennessee | 6 | #1,011 | — |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,225 | — |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,428 | — |
| Texas | 9 | #1,867 | — |
| New York | 5 | #1,975 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 113 | #1,536 |
| 2024 | — | — | 93 | #1,772 |
| 2023 | — | — | 63 | #2,267 |
| 2022 | — | — | 51 | #2,640 |
| 2021 | — | — | 46 | #2,765 |
| 2020 | — | — | 46 | #2,720 |
| 2019 | — | — | 38 | #3,136 |
| 2018 | — | — | 19 | #5,056 |
| 2017 | — | — | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2016 | — | — | 12 | #7,033 |
| 2015 | — | — | 16 | #5,676 |
| 2014 | — | — | 16 | #5,657 |
| 2013 | — | — | 8 | #9,440 |
| 2012 | — | — | 9 | #8,694 |
| 2011 | — | — | 13 | #6,491 |
| 2010 | — | — | 6 | #11,820 |
| 2009 | — | — | 5 | #13,963 |
| 2007 | — | — | 8 | #9,528 |
| 2006 | — | — | 6 | #11,689 |
| 2004 | — | — | 5 | #12,736 |
| 2001 | — | — | 6 | #10,210 |
| 2000 | — | — | 6 | #10,010 |
| 1999 | — | — | 7 | #8,484 |
| 1998 | — | — | 5 | #10,868 |
| 1997 | — | — | 6 | #8,970 |
| 1996 | — | — | 6 | #8,726 |
| 1995 | — | — | 5 | #9,920 |
| 1994 | — | — | 6 | #8,535 |
| 1993 | — | — | 9 | #6,098 |
| 1992 | — | — | 6 | #8,193 |
| 1991 | — | — | 6 | #7,983 |
| 1990 | — | — | 6 | #7,854 |
| 1989 | — | — | 6 | #7,660 |
| 1988 | — | — | 6 | #7,026 |
| 1987 | — | — | 7 | #5,929 |
| 1986 | — | — | 7 | #5,767 |
| 1985 | — | — | 6 | #6,315 |
| 1984 | — | — | 8 | #4,860 |
| 1983 | — | — | 16 | #2,881 |
| 1982 | — | — | 5 | #7,095 |
| 1981 | — | — | 8 | #4,841 |
| 1980 | — | — | 6 | #6,043 |
| 1979 | — | — | 6 | #5,870 |
| 1978 | — | — | 5 | #6,519 |
| 1977 | — | — | 11 | #3,538 |
| 1976 | — | — | 10 | #3,648 |
| 1975 | — | — | 8 | #4,204 |
| 1974 | — | — | 6 | #5,081 |
| 1973 | — | — | 10 | #3,383 |
| 1972 | — | — | 9 | #3,536 |
| 1971 | — | — | 15 | #2,527 |
| 1970 | — | — | 7 | #4,133 |
| 1969 | — | — | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1968 | — | — | 7 | #3,597 |
| 1966 | — | — | 7 | #3,462 |
| 1965 | — | — | 14 | #2,240 |
| 1964 | — | — | 13 | #2,384 |
| 1963 | — | — | 6 | #3,919 |
| 1962 | — | — | 7 | #3,546 |
| 1961 | — | — | 8 | #3,291 |
| 1960 | — | — | 6 | #3,956 |
| 1959 | — | — | 10 | #2,775 |
| 1958 | — | — | 6 | #3,833 |
| 1957 | — | — | 12 | #2,460 |
| 1956 | — | — | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1955 | — | — | 8 | #3,146 |
| 1954 | — | — | 6 | #3,726 |
| 1953 | — | — | 5 | #4,214 |
| 1952 | — | — | 8 | #3,041 |
| 1951 | — | — | 5 | #4,115 |
| 1950 | — | — | 7 | #3,249 |
| 1949 | — | — | 6 | #3,610 |
| 1947 | — | — | 7 | #3,291 |
| 1946 | — | — | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1944 | — | — | 6 | #3,354 |
| 1943 | — | — | 6 | #3,466 |
| 1942 | — | — | 6 | #3,476 |
| 1941 | — | — | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1937 | — | — | 8 | #2,845 |
| 1935 | — | — | 6 | #3,561 |
| 1934 | — | — | 7 | #3,208 |
| 1933 | — | — | 8 | #2,934 |
| 1932 | — | — | 8 | #3,037 |
| 1931 | — | — | 9 | #2,827 |
| 1930 | — | — | 9 | #2,956 |
| 1929 | — | — | 9 | #2,917 |
| 1928 | — | — | 14 | #2,238 |
| 1927 | — | — | 7 | #3,701 |
| 1926 | — | — | 19 | #1,833 |
| 1925 | — | — | 10 | #2,890 |
| 1924 | — | — | 10 | #2,973 |
| 1923 | — | — | 9 | #3,112 |
| 1922 | — | — | 25 | #1,538 |
| 1921 | — | — | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1920 | — | — | 12 | #2,570 |
| 1919 | — | — | 10 | #2,820 |
| 1918 | — | — | 18 | #1,884 |
| 1917 | — | — | 13 | #2,254 |
| 1916 | — | — | 17 | #1,827 |
| 1915 | — | — | 11 | #2,414 |
| 1914 | — | — | 11 | #2,071 |
| 1913 | — | — | 11 | #1,778 |
| 1912 | — | — | 16 | #1,212 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,337 |
| 1905 | — | — | 7 | #1,063 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,354 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,266 |
| 1902 | — | — | 8 | #914 |
| 1901 | — | — | 7 | #925 |
| 1900 | — | — | 7 | #1,141 |
| 1897 | — | — | 8 | #838 |
| 1894 | — | — | 8 | #843 |
| 1893 | — | — | 7 | #891 |
| 1892 | — | — | 9 | #782 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #933 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,118 |
| 1889 | — | — | 6 | #952 |
| 1888 | — | — | 5 | #1,144 |
| 1886 | — | — | 8 | #744 |
| 1885 | — | — | 7 | #821 |
| 1884 | — | — | 6 | #948 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #1,010 |
| 1882 | — | — | 6 | #920 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #762 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #790 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).