Recorded 1916–1946 Girls' name Peak 1916 25 births

Perfecta — girls' name

25 babies named Perfecta in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s141920s61940s5
1910s
Peak decade

56% of everyone ever named Perfecta was born in this single decade.

1916
Single peak year

7 babies were named Perfecta in 1916 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Perfecta

The Social Security Administration has registered 25 babies named Perfecta between 1916 and 1946, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Perfecta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1946. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Perfecta performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Perfecta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Perfecta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Perfecta 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 25 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.

Perfecta at a glance

Last recorded 1946

Total births

25

Since 1916

31 years of records

Peak year

1916

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1910s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1946

Active since

1916

Recorded for 31 years

Last year on file: 1946

Perfecta popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1916

Last recorded 1946
Peak year (1916)
7
Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 1946192319171916 7

Perfecta by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1910s
Peak decade
1910s
14 births that decade — 56% of Perfecta's all-time total
1910s141920s61940s5

Perfecta by state

Where Perfecta concentrates geographically — total births since 1916

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Perfecta
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
11 44.0%
Texas share of Perfecta's total US births 44.0%

11 of 25 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Perfecta?
25 babies have been named Perfecta since 1916. It was last recorded in 1946. The peak year was 1916 with 7 births.
When was Perfecta most popular?
Perfecta was most popular in the 1910s decade with 14 total births. The single peak year was 1916.
Where is Perfecta most popular?
The top states for the name Perfecta are Texas (11 births).
How long has the name Perfecta been used?
Perfecta has been recorded in Social Security data since 1916, spanning 31 years of data through 1946.
What names are similar to Perfecta?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Perla, Persephone, Perry, Peri, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1916–1946 (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.