Girls' name · since 1959
Perian
Perian has 73 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1960 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,696 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 73
- born since 1959
- 1960s
- peak decade
Perian is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 73 have been recorded since 1959.
Perian has 73 recorded births among girls since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 1962.
- #30,696 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 73 born since 1959
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Perian ranks #30,696 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 73 born since 1959, peaking in the 1960s.
- #30,696 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 73
- born since 1959
- 1960s
- peak decade
Perian's 73 recorded births place it above 57.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Perian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Perian splits its recorded history at 1961: 18% of all births land in the more recent half, 82% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1961 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1960 peak of 53 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Perian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1962
- Peak year (1960)
- 53
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Perian by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (66 births, 90% of the file).
1960s was Perian's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 90% of all-time use.
Perian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
66 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 66 births (90% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Perian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1959–1962 (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 Perian 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.