Percy — #1254 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Percy

The Social Security Administration has registered 32,052 babies named Percy between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Percy currently holds the #1254 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 603 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Percy performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 5,439 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Percy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 4,006 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Percy in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Percy 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 32,052 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.