Peregrine — #3368 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Peregrine

The Social Security Administration has registered 286 babies named Peregrine between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Peregrine currently holds the #3368 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 35 babies received it in a single year. Peregrine is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 128 additional births since 2011.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Peregrine performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 140 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Peregrine shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Washington, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Peregrine in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Peregrine 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 286 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.