Per — boys' name

What the Data Says About Per

The Social Security Administration has registered 369 babies named Per between 1923 and 2020, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Per currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Per performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Per shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Per in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 369 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.