Unisex name · since 1998
Peregrine
Peregrine has 322 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,202 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,358 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 322
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Peregrine currently ranks #3358 among unisex names in America, with 322 babies recorded since 1998.
Peregrine has 322 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3358 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #10,202 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,358 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 322 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Peregrine ranks #10,202 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,358 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 322 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,202 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,358 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 322
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Peregrine's 322 recorded births place it above 77.55% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Washington.
How Peregrine compares
322 47th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Peregrine's all-time total is 13% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Peregrine | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 322 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 34 | 22,252 |
Peregrine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Peregrine's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 76% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 24%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 36, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Peregrine popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Peregrine popularity over time - girls
139 total births recorded since 2011 (Peregrine as girls' name)
Peregrine by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (176 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Peregrine's strongest decade.
176 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Peregrine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 33
2000s
33 births
- 2010s
2010s
108 births
- 2020s
2020s
176 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 176 births (55% of all-time use).
Peregrine by state
Where Peregrine concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Washington | | 6 | 1.9% |
6 of 322 births nationwide.
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- Washington records the most Peregrines (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Washington names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Peregrine draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.