Meaning not yet researched.
Perry: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 135 in 2025. Its best rank was #101 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #101 in 1880; #1,373 in 2025. About 62% of babies named Perry in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,373 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #101.
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Perry: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 135 boys in 2025. Peak: #101 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 2,751 (1959).
In 2025, 135 US boys were named Perry, making it the 1,373rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 133 places from #1,240 in 2024. That is 26 fewer than the 161 boys named Perry in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #101, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,751, in 1959. For comparison, it was #1,280 in 2015 and #193 in 1950.
In 2025, 83 US girls were named Perry, making it the 2,233rd most common girls’ name of the year, down 312 places from #1,921 in 2024. That is 21 fewer than the 104 girls named Perry in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #904, reached in 1883. The most girls given the name in a single year was 123, in 2023. For comparison, it was #2,189 in 2015 and #1,593 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Perry in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 134 babies with the name. In all, 79,735 US babies have been given the name, 4.6% of them girls and 95% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 17,364 babies named Perry.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,397 US boys were named Perry; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 161. In 2025 that was about 1 in 12,652 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Perry ranked highest in Montana in 2025, at #272 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Perri (2,562 babies since 1880) and Peri (2,475 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Perrie, Peary and Peria are summarised on this page.
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.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Perrie (421), Peary (6), Peria (5).
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 Perry in the open dataset we use.
Perry is listed as a nickname for Peregrine.
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 38 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | 5 | #272 | — |
| Iowa | 6 | #557 | — |
| Kansas | 5 | #672 | — |
| Minnesota | 6 | #783 | — |
| South Carolina | 5 | #841 | — |
| Virginia | 8 | #854 | — |
| Michigan | 8 | #885 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,072 | — |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,223 | #1,339 |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,498 | #1,076 |
| Florida | 6 | #1,783 | #1,483 |
| California | 7 | #2,157 | #2,003 |
| Texas | 6 | #2,493 | #1,880 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | #2,233 | 135 | #1,373 |
| 2024 | 104 | #1,921 | 161 | #1,240 |
| 2023 | 123 | #1,686 | 136 | #1,377 |
| 2022 | 102 | #1,952 | 137 | #1,373 |
| 2021 | 108 | #1,858 | 145 | #1,302 |
| 2020 | 88 | #2,093 | 146 | #1,261 |
| 2019 | 101 | #1,947 | 133 | #1,352 |
| 2018 | 80 | #2,293 | 135 | #1,338 |
| 2017 | 97 | #2,032 | 147 | #1,248 |
| 2016 | 88 | #2,202 | 122 | #1,430 |
| 2015 | 87 | #2,189 | 140 | #1,280 |
| 2014 | 69 | #2,576 | 151 | #1,216 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,758 | 139 | #1,259 |
| 2012 | 62 | #2,827 | 144 | #1,233 |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,822 | 149 | #1,192 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,577 | 131 | #1,315 |
| 2009 | 29 | #5,057 | 163 | #1,133 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,244 | 166 | #1,109 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,778 | 184 | #1,026 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,770 | 195 | #957 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,178 | 193 | #915 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,357 | 226 | #800 |
| 2003 | 25 | #5,058 | 217 | #801 |
| 2002 | 19 | #6,066 | 231 | #750 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,798 | 245 | #719 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,151 | 263 | #679 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,543 | 262 | #662 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,213 | 296 | #620 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,479 | 319 | #580 |
| 1996 | 45 | #2,747 | 316 | #576 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,751 | 342 | #549 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,977 | 370 | #531 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,488 | 409 | #506 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,935 | 386 | #516 |
| 1991 | 19 | #5,130 | 429 | #475 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,477 | 473 | #455 |
| 1989 | 31 | #3,375 | 463 | #437 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,660 | 456 | #424 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,236 | 483 | #392 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,520 | 474 | #387 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,947 | 521 | #354 |
| 1984 | 14 | #5,139 | 421 | #402 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,311 | 445 | #380 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,882 | 426 | #394 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,804 | 472 | #372 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,805 | 443 | #387 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,652 | 455 | #377 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,441 | 417 | #378 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,850 | 380 | #401 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,627 | 458 | #356 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,776 | 488 | #350 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,176 | 528 | #332 |
| 1973 | 7 | #7,211 | 506 | #336 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,841 | 542 | #330 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,257 | 732 | #285 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,085 | 845 | #263 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,289 | 895 | #243 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,422 | 891 | #239 |
| 1967 | 18 | #3,038 | 1,014 | #220 |
| 1966 | 23 | #2,553 | 1,121 | #207 |
| 1965 | 25 | #2,451 | 1,364 | #186 |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,887 | 1,549 | #178 |
| 1963 | 28 | #2,289 | 1,712 | #171 |
| 1962 | 26 | #2,400 | 1,931 | #164 |
| 1961 | 23 | #2,591 | 2,229 | #154 |
| 1960 | 43 | #1,742 | 2,415 | #146 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,908 | 2,751 | #132 |
| 1958 | 40 | #1,722 | 2,734 | #132 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,917 | 2,369 | #145 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,923 | 1,867 | #163 |
| 1955 | 22 | #2,389 | 1,451 | #183 |
| 1954 | 19 | #2,574 | 1,254 | #199 |
| 1953 | 23 | #2,221 | 1,227 | #199 |
| 1952 | 21 | #2,314 | 1,153 | #196 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,956 | 1,176 | #192 |
| 1950 | 35 | #1,593 | 1,096 | #193 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,954 | 1,058 | #195 |
| 1948 | 32 | #1,661 | 981 | #200 |
| 1947 | 21 | #2,182 | 1,053 | #194 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,710 | 856 | #201 |
| 1945 | 25 | #1,693 | 683 | #208 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,597 | 605 | #228 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,460 | 690 | #212 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,362 | 706 | #212 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,867 | 593 | #221 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,507 | 553 | #225 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,415 | 584 | #211 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,859 | 579 | #213 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,981 | 544 | #219 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,731 | 504 | #225 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,597 | 517 | #227 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,267 | 545 | #221 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,827 | 486 | #236 |
| 1932 | 17 | #2,016 | 528 | #227 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,286 | 543 | #225 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,091 | 581 | #221 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,082 | 576 | #223 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,494 | 633 | #213 |
| 1927 | 20 | #2,009 | 584 | #227 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,706 | 565 | #235 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,599 | 568 | #231 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,637 | 602 | #224 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,934 | 588 | #222 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,365 | 615 | #215 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,971 | 565 | #235 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,693 | 542 | #233 |
| 1919 | 18 | #2,045 | 528 | #229 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,633 | 553 | #226 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,402 | 527 | #215 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,108 | 439 | #240 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,230 | 478 | #218 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,803 | 338 | #230 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,585 | 280 | #223 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,285 | 216 | #241 |
| 1911 | — | — | 152 | #200 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,602 | 125 | #207 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,727 | 109 | #200 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,519 | 133 | #172 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,783 | 86 | #221 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,165 | 97 | #187 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,879 | 104 | #180 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,625 | 93 | #192 |
| 1903 | — | — | 88 | #186 |
| 1902 | — | — | 108 | #165 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,628 | 87 | #170 |
| 1900 | — | — | 142 | #148 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,263 | 104 | #148 |
| 1898 | — | — | 83 | #188 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,516 | 103 | #153 |
| 1896 | — | — | 111 | #148 |
| 1895 | — | — | 97 | #160 |
| 1894 | — | — | 78 | #191 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,400 | 91 | #160 |
| 1892 | — | — | 110 | #146 |
| 1891 | — | — | 104 | #134 |
| 1890 | — | — | 108 | #134 |
| 1889 | — | — | 105 | #138 |
| 1888 | — | — | 124 | #126 |
| 1887 | — | — | 112 | #118 |
| 1886 | — | — | 141 | #110 |
| 1885 | — | — | 115 | #120 |
| 1884 | — | — | 135 | #111 |
| 1883 | 6 | #904 | 133 | #102 |
| 1882 | — | — | 133 | #112 |
| 1881 | — | — | 123 | #102 |
| 1880 | — | — | 134 | #101 |
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).