Percival — #1763 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Percival

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,353 babies named Percival between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Percival currently holds the #1763 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 93 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Percival performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 299 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Percival shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Percival in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Percival 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 1,353 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.