Percell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Percell

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,064 babies named Percell between 1907 and 2004, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Percell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Percell performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 190 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Percell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 233 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Percell in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Percell 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 1,064 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.