Perman — boys' name
24 babies named Perman in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Perman was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Perman in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Perman
The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Perman between 1919 and 1954, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Perman currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1954. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Perman performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Perman shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Perman 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 24 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.
Perman at a glance
Last recorded 1954Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Perman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1919
- Peak year (1920)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1954.
24 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 7 births in a single year.
Perman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 12 births that decade — 50% of Perman's all-time total
Perman decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Perman's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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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, 1919–1954 (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.