Perley — boys' name

What the Data Says About Perley

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,020 babies named Perley between 1880 and 1964, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Perley currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Perley performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 220 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Perley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maine, which accounts for 204 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Hampshire and Vermont. In total, SSA state-level files list Perley in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Perley 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 1,020 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.