Perina — girls' name
96 babies named Perina in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
58% of everyone ever named Perina was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Perina in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Perina
The Social Security Administration has registered 96 babies named Perina between 1911 and 1925, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Perina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1925. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Perina performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Perina shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Perina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Perina 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 96 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.
Perina at a glance
Last recorded 1925Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Perina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1911
- Peak year (1922)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1925.
96 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 20 births in a single year.
Perina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 56 births that decade — 58% of Perina's all-time total
Perina decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Perina's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Perina by state
Where Perina concentrates geographically — total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 8 | 8.3% |
8 of 96 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 8.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 8.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1911–1925 (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.