Unisex name · since 1926
Perrie
Perrie has 377 recorded births since 1926 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5999
- among girls today
- 377
- born since 1926
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 66%
- more common than other girls
377 babies have been named Perrie since 1926, making it today's #5999 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Perrie recorded 377 times among girls since 1926, holding rank #5999 nationally today, ahead of 66% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1926 to 2025.
- #5999 among girls today
- 377 born since 1926
- 2020s peak decade
- 66% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Perrie is currently the #5999 unisex name in America, more common than 66% of girls - 377 born since 1926, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5999
- among girls today
- 377
- born since 1926
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 66%
- more common than other girls
Perrie vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
More common than 66% of names given to girls today.
24% of everyone ever named Perrie was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Perrie in 2024 - its busiest year on record.
How Perrie compares
377 Top 50% higher than 50% of 17,726 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Perrie's all-time total is 1% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Perrie | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 377 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 48 | 19,840 |
Perrie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Perrie's SSA record in two at 1974 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1926, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Perrie at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Perrie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 100 years of records
Currently ranks #5999 among girls.
377 total births across 100 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 20 births in a single year.
Perrie popularity over time - boys
44 total births recorded since 1918 (Perrie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Perrie accounts for 10% of total recorded use across both genders.
Perrie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Perrie's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Perrie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 8
1930s
8 births
- 1940s 33
1940s
33 births
- 1950s
1950s
59 births
- 1960s
1960s
39 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
86 births
- 2020s
2020s
90 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 90 births (24% of all-time use).
Perrie decade highlights
- Peak decade 90 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1926–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Perrie: #5999 Unisex Name - 377 Births, Peak 2024." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/perrie. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Perrie 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 June 2026.
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