Meaning not yet researched.
Percy: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 154 in 2025. Its best rank was #98 in 1897.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #98 in 1897; #1,279 in 2025. About 94% of babies named Percy in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,279 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1897, at #98.
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Percy: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 154 boys in 2025. Peak: #98 in 1897 · most boys in one year: 603 (1921).
In 2025, 154 US boys were named Percy, making it the 1,279th most common boys’ name of the year, down 19 places from #1,260 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 157 boys named Percy in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #98, reached in 1897. The most boys given the name in a single year was 603, in 1921. For comparison, it was #2,291 in 2015 and #333 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Percy in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 94 babies with the name. In all, 32,840 US babies have been given the name, 1.9% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 5,583 babies named Percy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 919 US boys were named Percy; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 157. In 2025 that was about 1 in 11,091 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Percy ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #681 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Percival, Percie and Percey are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Percival (1,466), Percie (81), Percey (39), Persey (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Percy in the open dataset we use.
Percy is listed as a nickname for Percival.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 36 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 6 | #681 | — |
| Minnesota | 7 | #699 | — |
| Colorado | 6 | #827 | — |
| Missouri | 6 | #847 | — |
| Louisiana | 5 | #874 | — |
| Tennessee | 7 | #902 | — |
| Indiana | 6 | #926 | — |
| Washington | 5 | #1,112 | #1,066 |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,222 | — |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,243 | — |
| Florida | 10 | #1,244 | — |
| Texas | 14 | #1,398 | — |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,437 | — |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,497 | — |
| California | 5 | #2,716 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,941 | 154 | #1,279 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,830 | 157 | #1,260 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,856 | 112 | #1,564 |
| 2022 | — | — | 112 | #1,586 |
| 2021 | 5 | #17,082 | 87 | #1,813 |
| 2020 | 7 | #13,137 | 69 | #2,061 |
| 2019 | 9 | #11,166 | 45 | #2,794 |
| 2018 | — | — | 63 | #2,205 |
| 2017 | — | — | 73 | #1,969 |
| 2016 | 5 | #18,220 | 47 | #2,652 |
| 2015 | — | — | 58 | #2,291 |
| 2014 | 6 | #16,066 | 70 | #2,037 |
| 2013 | — | — | 61 | #2,175 |
| 2012 | — | — | 60 | #2,201 |
| 2011 | — | — | 39 | #2,983 |
| 2010 | — | — | 41 | #2,906 |
| 2009 | — | — | 38 | #3,092 |
| 2008 | — | — | 37 | #3,151 |
| 2007 | — | — | 57 | #2,296 |
| 2006 | — | — | 51 | #2,438 |
| 2005 | — | — | 45 | #2,520 |
| 2004 | — | — | 60 | #2,017 |
| 2003 | — | — | 47 | #2,301 |
| 2002 | — | — | 46 | #2,284 |
| 2001 | — | — | 59 | #1,887 |
| 2000 | — | — | 52 | #1,990 |
| 1999 | — | — | 56 | #1,797 |
| 1998 | — | — | 61 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | — | — | 62 | #1,642 |
| 1996 | — | — | 61 | #1,609 |
| 1995 | — | — | 65 | #1,487 |
| 1994 | — | — | 75 | #1,350 |
| 1993 | — | — | 71 | #1,377 |
| 1992 | — | — | 95 | #1,133 |
| 1991 | — | — | 88 | #1,188 |
| 1990 | — | — | 102 | #1,051 |
| 1989 | — | — | 98 | #1,054 |
| 1988 | — | — | 107 | #927 |
| 1987 | — | — | 73 | #1,128 |
| 1986 | — | — | 91 | #963 |
| 1985 | — | — | 96 | #932 |
| 1984 | — | — | 98 | #883 |
| 1983 | — | — | 105 | #857 |
| 1982 | — | — | 114 | #832 |
| 1981 | — | — | 130 | #768 |
| 1980 | — | — | 124 | #788 |
| 1979 | — | — | 119 | #797 |
| 1978 | — | — | 146 | #694 |
| 1977 | — | — | 137 | #729 |
| 1976 | — | — | 138 | #714 |
| 1975 | — | — | 143 | #697 |
| 1974 | — | — | 147 | #672 |
| 1973 | — | — | 169 | #612 |
| 1972 | — | — | 177 | #601 |
| 1971 | — | — | 187 | #612 |
| 1970 | — | — | 175 | #614 |
| 1969 | 5 | #8,336 | 202 | #554 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,866 | 181 | #565 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,582 | 178 | #561 |
| 1966 | 5 | #7,332 | 195 | #549 |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,254 | 193 | #552 |
| 1964 | — | — | 207 | #549 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,741 | 235 | #521 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,706 | 250 | #503 |
| 1961 | — | — | 246 | #508 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,686 | 270 | #482 |
| 1959 | — | — | 264 | #482 |
| 1958 | — | — | 280 | #476 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,908 | 348 | #418 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,790 | 319 | #423 |
| 1955 | — | — | 309 | #418 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,597 | 363 | #370 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,425 | 376 | #357 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,386 | 443 | #331 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,712 | 424 | #332 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,639 | 411 | #333 |
| 1949 | 8 | #4,149 | 397 | #337 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,808 | 411 | #331 |
| 1947 | 6 | #5,151 | 412 | #337 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,912 | 343 | #352 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,933 | 343 | #322 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,984 | 350 | #321 |
| 1943 | — | — | 393 | #314 |
| 1942 | 7 | #4,028 | 381 | #314 |
| 1941 | — | — | 339 | #317 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,439 | 328 | #311 |
| 1939 | 9 | #3,096 | 360 | #291 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,766 | 349 | #293 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,288 | 356 | #287 |
| 1936 | 6 | #4,057 | 360 | #284 |
| 1935 | 9 | #3,110 | 385 | #277 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,402 | 377 | #276 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,347 | 399 | #265 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,108 | 430 | #262 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,777 | 415 | #270 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,660 | 429 | #274 |
| 1929 | 18 | #2,005 | 497 | #250 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,915 | 483 | #255 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,239 | 519 | #249 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,139 | 493 | #252 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,998 | 544 | #241 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,329 | 560 | #242 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,877 | 540 | #242 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,327 | 599 | #224 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,476 | 603 | #220 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,698 | 601 | #216 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,236 | 595 | #209 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,945 | 567 | #219 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,521 | 515 | #217 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,462 | 524 | #211 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,229 | 488 | #214 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,821 | 449 | #190 |
| 1913 | 6 | #3,109 | 356 | #189 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,333 | 337 | #174 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,786 | 184 | #173 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,898 | 195 | #160 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,920 | 159 | #158 |
| 1908 | — | — | 151 | #158 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,320 | 160 | #146 |
| 1906 | — | — | 141 | #147 |
| 1905 | — | — | 169 | #129 |
| 1904 | — | — | 125 | #153 |
| 1903 | — | — | 124 | #151 |
| 1902 | — | — | 167 | #114 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,887 | 120 | #138 |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,165 | 201 | #114 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,787 | 142 | #118 |
| 1898 | — | — | 155 | #119 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,515 | 183 | #98 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,546 | 157 | #117 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,766 | 164 | #109 |
| 1894 | — | — | 173 | #104 |
| 1893 | — | — | 177 | #100 |
| 1892 | — | — | 149 | #117 |
| 1891 | — | — | 131 | #111 |
| 1890 | — | — | 140 | #113 |
| 1889 | — | — | 144 | #110 |
| 1888 | — | — | 151 | #111 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,129 | 123 | #110 |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,079 | 122 | #119 |
| 1885 | — | — | 98 | #137 |
| 1884 | — | — | 126 | #114 |
| 1883 | — | — | 87 | #151 |
| 1882 | — | — | 126 | #116 |
| 1881 | — | — | 95 | #126 |
| 1880 | — | — | 94 | #144 |
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).