Recorded 2018–2022 Boys' name Peak 2018 13 births

Perceus — boys' name

13 babies named Perceus in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s72020s6
2010s
Peak decade

54% of everyone ever named Perceus was born in this single decade.

2018
Single peak year

7 babies were named Perceus in 2018 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Perceus

The Social Security Administration has registered 13 babies named Perceus between 2018 and 2022, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Perceus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Perceus performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Perceus shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Perceus 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 13 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.

Perceus at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

13

Since 2018

5 years of records

Peak year

2018

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2018

Recorded for 5 years

Last year on file: 2022

Perceus popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2018

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2018)
7
Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
5.566.577.5 20222018 7

Perceus by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
7 births that decade — 54% of Perceus's all-time total
2010s72020s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Perceus?
13 babies have been named Perceus since 2018. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2018 with 7 births.
When was Perceus most popular?
Perceus was most popular in the 2010s decade with 7 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
How long has the name Perceus been used?
Perceus has been recorded in Social Security data since 2018, spanning 5 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Perceus?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Perry, Percy, Pernell, Perrin, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2018–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.