Percey — boys' name
39 babies named Percey in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
62% of everyone ever named Percey was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Percey in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Percey
The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Percey between 1914 and 1930, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Percey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1930. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Percey performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Percey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Percey 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 39 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.
Percey at a glance
Last recorded 1930Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Percey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–1914
- Peak year (1916)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1930.
39 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 7 births in a single year.
Percey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 24 births that decade — 62% of Percey's all-time total
Percey decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Percey's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
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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, 1914–1930 (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.