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Peregrine: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 35 in 2025. Its best rank was #3,322 in 2024.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #3,322 in 2024; #3,359 in 2025. About 76% of babies named Peregrine in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,359 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2024, at #3,322.
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Peregrine: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 35 boys in 2025. Peak: #3,322 in 2024 · most boys in one year: 36 (2024).
In 2025, 35 US boys were named Peregrine, making it the 3,359th most common boys’ name of the year, down 37 places from #3,322 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 36 boys named Peregrine in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #3,322, reached in 2024. That year also had the most boys given the name: 36. For comparison, it was #5,922 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 11 US girls were named Peregrine, making it the 9,318th most common girls’ name of the year, up 3,807 places from #13,125 in 2024. That is 4 more than the 7 girls named Peregrine in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #6,404, reached in 2022. That year also had the most girls given the name: 19. For comparison, it was #12,726 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Peregrine in 22 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1998 with 5 babies. In all, 461 US babies have been given the name, 30% of them girls and 70% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 254 babies named Peregrine.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 230 US boys were named Peregrine; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 36. In 2025 that was about 1 in 48,802 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
The open nickname list we use links it to Perry.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #9,318 | 35 | #3,359 |
| 2024 | 7 | #13,125 | 36 | #3,322 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,557 | 29 | #3,860 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,404 | 25 | #4,267 |
| 2021 | 11 | #9,402 | 22 | #4,596 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,485 | 29 | #3,708 |
| 2019 | 8 | #12,169 | 15 | #6,031 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,494 | 12 | #7,018 |
| 2017 | 7 | #13,762 | 11 | #7,425 |
| 2016 | 6 | #15,779 | 16 | #5,725 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,726 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2014 | 7 | #14,223 | 6 | #11,768 |
| 2013 | — | — | 6 | #11,797 |
| 2012 | 7 | #14,633 | 6 | #11,895 |
| 2011 | 5 | #18,896 | 9 | #8,594 |
| 2010 | — | — | 12 | #6,989 |
| 2009 | — | — | 9 | #8,818 |
| 2007 | — | — | 8 | #9,529 |
| 2006 | — | — | 5 | #13,503 |
| 2004 | — | — | 6 | #10,979 |
| 2002 | — | — | 5 | #12,007 |
| 1998 | — | — | 5 | #10,869 |
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).