Perris — boys' name

What the Data Says About Perris

The Social Security Administration has registered 174 babies named Perris between 1983 and 2005, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Perris currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Perris is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 128 additional births since 1987.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Perris performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Perris shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Perris in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Perris 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 174 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.