Girls' name · since 2018
Pera
79 babies named Pera in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,802 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,779 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 79
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Pera currently ranks #11779 among girls' names in America, with 79 babies recorded since 2018.
Social Security Administration records show Pera recorded 79 times among girls since 2018, holding rank #11779 nationally today, ahead of 32% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.
- #29,802 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,779 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 79 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pera ranks #29,802 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,779 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 79 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #29,802 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,779 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 79
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Pera's 79 recorded births place it above 58.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Pera compares
79 21st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Pera's all-time total is 79% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Pera | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 79 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Pera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Pera splits its recorded history at 2022: 76% of all births land in the more recent half, 24% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2019 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Pera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Pera by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (66 births, 84% of the file).
2020s was Pera's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Pera births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 13
2010s
13 births
- 2020s
2020s
66 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 66 births (84% of all-time use).
Pera by state
Where Pera concentrates geographically, total births since 2018
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 16 | 20.3% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 7.6% |
16 of 79 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Florida records the most Peras (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pera: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~7 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2018–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Pera draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.