Perri — #3642 US girls' name
2,422 babies named Perri in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 79% of names given to girls today.
18% of everyone ever named Perri was born in this single decade.
119 babies were named Perri in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Perri
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,422 babies named Perri between 1942 and 2024, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Perri currently holds the #3642 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 119 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Perri performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 444 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Perri shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 184 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Perri in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Perri 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 2,422 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.
Perri at a glance
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Current rank
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Perri popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1942
- Peak year (1958)
- 119
- Annual births at peak — across 83 years of records
Currently ranks #3642 among girls.
2,422 total births across 83 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 119 births in a single year.
Perri popularity over time — boys
114 total births recorded since 1957 (Perri as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Perri accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Perri by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 444 births that decade — 18% of Perri's all-time total
Perri decade highlights
- Peak decade 444 births
- Runner-up 440 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Perri's strongest decade
444 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Perri by state
Where Perri concentrates geographically — total births since 1942
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 184 | 7.6% |
| #2 | California | | 127 | 5.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 81 | 3.3% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 32 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Washington | | 10 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.2% |
| #8 | Florida | | 5 | 0.2% |
184 of 2,422 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 7.6% of nationwide
- California 5.2% of nationwide
- Texas 3.3% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 7.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Perri appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1942–2024 (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.